Script to modify profile path

[Sheridan]

Has anyone got a nice simple script that will let me modify all users (in an AD container) profile path?

 

I need to take their existing profile path, and add a bit and then save it!

[etz]

I might be being obtuse here, but can't you bulk select the users in AD, then right click properties and put the new profile path in, in the format of \\server-name\share\%username%\additionaldooberrieshere ?

[jklight]

dsquery user ou=somewhere,dc=over,dc=net | dsmod user -profile users\$username$\profile

 

if it is more complicated then you could send the existing info to a txt file, edit it, and then use it as input to script to make the change. see dsquery | dsmod

for an example (uses telephone but you could do profile)

 

Or could use powershell.

[Sheridan]

Problem is the user names have been manually entered (not my system!) so I need to read the existing profile path and then add to it and resave it. The usernames don't always follow a convention either!

[jklight]

Can you give me more concrete examples?

[Sheridan]

Well, in the profile path we can have \\server\path\johnsmith or \\server\path\jsmith or even \\server\path\john_smith. These have all been created manually by someone in the past. We need to append a subfolder to each profile path and save it. The %username% variable wasn't used unfortunately

[jklight]

And you can't or don't want to fix the inconsistency of username not being a part of the profile path?

 

If not checkout the link in my prior post to use the dsquery command to output to a text file the existing profile path, edit the file, and then use the file as input to a for command loop that runs the dsmod command to save the new profile path in AD.

 

Or maybe do it in powershell. http://techsugar.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/how-to-change-profile-folder-in-active-directory-for-multiple-users-using-powershell/

 

PS. When using the dsmod command you use $username$ not %username% to represent the username on the account. dsmod user /q to see more

Edited February 5, 2013 by jklight

[mac_shinobi]

Not sure here but would one of the utils from WiseSoft - Resources for IT Professionals ( free registration ) not allow you to do this ?

 

FAQ from wisesoft site : http://www.wisesoft.co.uk/forum/topic131-bulk-updating-profile-paths-using-username.aspx

 

ie : Bulk AD Users - Bulk Modify

[Sheridan]

Hmm, I think dsquery and dsmod might be the quickest way to fettle this. Its a one off and I'm not changing their setup (just helping an associate school thats all)

[Duke5A]

If you're still plugging away at this, give this a try:

 

Const strHomeDrive = "H"
Const strHomePath = "\\server\basehomeshare\"

Dim strFailLog

Call Main
Call WriteLog

Sub Main

Set oContainer = GetObject("LDAP://OU=Users,DC=domain,DC=com")
oContainer.Filter = Array("user")

For Each User in oContainer
	
	strName = User.samaccountname
			
	If CheckPathExist(strName) = True Then
		User.Put "homedrive", strHomeDrive 
		User.Put "homedirectory", strHomePath & strName
		User.SetInfo
	Else
		strFailLog = strName & " | " & strFailLog
	End If

	WScript.Sleep 70

Next

Msgbox "Jobs Done!"

End Sub

Sub WriteLog

strFileName = "LogFile.txt"

Set objFileSys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = ObjFileSys.CreateTextFile(StrFileName)

objFile.Write(strFailLog)
objFile.Close

End Sub	

Function CheckPathExist(strName)

Set objFileSys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
blnExists = objFileSys.FolderExists(strHomePath & strName)
CheckPathExist =  blnExists	

End Function

 

I used this to bulk change the base the home folder path a few years ago when we changed the staff home folder location. It might take some editing to make it work for you. The way it is setup it assumes you have one top level share with folders under that named according to account name. I hope this helps.

Edited February 12, 2013 by Duke5A