DSMOD

Adds specific types of objects to the directory.

DSMOD {computer | contact | group | ou | partition | quota | server | user} /?

DSMOD computer computer_dn ... [-c] [-desc description] [-disabled {yes | no}] [-loc location] [-p {password | *}] [-q] [-reset] [{-s server | -d domain}] [-u user_name] [-uc | -uci | -uco]

DSMOD contact contact_dn ... [-c] [-company company_name] [-dept department] [-desc description] [-display display_name] [-email email] [-fax fax_number] [-fn first_name] [-hometel home_phone_number] [-iptel ip_phone_number] [-ln last_name] [-mi middle_initial] [-mobile cell_phone_number] [-office office] [-p {password | *}] [-pager pager_number] [-q] [-tel phone_number] [-title title] [{-s server | -d domain}] [-u user_name] [-uc | -uci | -uco]

DSMOD group group_dn ... [{-addmbr | -chmbr | -rmmbr} member_dn ...] [-c] [-desc description] [-samid sam_name] [-scope {g | l | u}] [-secgrp {yes | no}] [-p {password | *}] [-q] [{-s server | -d domain}] [-u user_name] [-uc | -uci | -uco]

DSMOD ou organizational_unit_dn ... [-c] [-desc description] [-p {password | *}] [-q] [{-s server | -d domain}] [-u user_name] [-uc | -uci | -uco]

DSMOD partition partition_dn ... [-c] [-p {password | *}] [-q] [-qdefault value] -qtmbstnwt percent [{-s server | -d domain}] [-u user_name] [-uc | -uci | -uco]

DSMOD quota quota_dn ... [-c] [-desc description] [-p {password | *}] [-q] [-qlimit value] [{-s server | -d domain}] [-u user_name] [-uc | -uci | -uco]

DSMOD server server_dn ... [-c] [-desc description] [-isgc {yes | no}] [-p {password | *}] [-q] [{-s server | -d domain}] [-u user_name] [-uc | -uci | -uco]

DSMOD user user_dn ... [-acctexpires number_of_days] [-c] [-canchpwd {yes | no}] [-company company_name] [-dept department] [-desc description] [-disabled {yes | no}] [-display display_name] [-email email] [-empid employee_id] [-fax fax_number] [-fn first_name] [-hmdir home_directory] [-hmdrv home_drive_letter] [-hometel home_phone_number] [-iptel ip_phone_number] [-ln last_name] [-loscr script_path] [-mgr manager] [-mi middle_initial] [-mobile cell_phone_number] [-mustchpwd {yes | no}] [-office office] [-p {password | *}] [-pager pager_number] [-profile profile_path] [-pwd {Password | *}] [-pwdneverexpires {yes | no}] [-q] [-reversiblepwd {yes | no}] [{-s server | -d domain}] [-tel phone_number] [-title title] [-upn upn] [-u user_name] [-uc | -uci | -uco] [-webpg web_page]

computer (NTXP)

Modifies attributes of one or more existing computers in the directory.

computer_dn (NTXP)

Specifies the distinguished names of one or more computers to modify. If omitted, obtained through standard input (stdin) to support piping of output from another command.

contact (NTXP)

Modifies attributes of one or more existing contacts in the directory.

contact_dn (NTXP)

Specifies the distinguished names of the contacts that you want to modify. If omitted, obtained through standard input (stdin) to support piping of output from another command.

group (NTXP)

Modifies attributes of one or more existing groups in the directory.

group_dn (NTXP)

Specifies the distinguished names of the groups you want to modify. If omitted, obtained through standard input (stdin) to support piping of output from another command. If group_dn ... and member_dn ... are used together then only one parameter can be taken from standard input, requiring that the other be specified on the command-line.

member_dn ... (NTXP)

Specifies the distinguished names of the members you want to modify. If omitted, obtained through standard input (stdin) to support piping of output from another command to input of this command. If group_dn ... and member_dn ... are used together then only one can be taken from standard input, requiring that the other be specified on the command-line.

ou (NTXP)

Modifies attributes of one or more existing organizational units in the directory.

organizational_unit_dn (NTXP)

Specifies the distinguished names of the organizational units you want to modify. If omitted, obtained through standard input (stdin) to support piping of output from another command.

partition (NT2003)

Modifies attributes of one or more existing partitions in the directory.

partition_dn ... (NT2003)

Specifies the distinguished names of one or more directory partitions to modify. If omitted, obtained through standard input (STDIN) to support piping of output from another command to input of this command.

quota (NT2003)

Modifies attributes of one or more existing quota specifications in the directory.

quota_dn ... (NT2003)

Specifies the distinguished names of one or more quota specifications to modify. If omitted, obtained through standard input (stdin) to support piping of output from another command to input of this command.

server (NTXP)

Modifies properties of a domain controller.

server_dn ... (NTXP)

Specifies the distinguished names of one or more servers that you want to modify. If omitted, obtained through standard input (stdin) to support piping of output from another command.

user (NTXP)

Modifies attributes of one or more existing users in the directory.

user_dn ... (NTXP)

Specifies the distinguished names of the users you want to modify. If values are omitted, they are obtained through standard input (stdin) to support piping of output from another command to input of this command.

/? (NTXP)

Display help.

-acctexpires number_of_days (NTXP)

Specifies the number of days from today that the user accounts will expire. A value of 0 sets expiration at the end of today. A positive value sets expiration in the future. A negative value sets expiration in the past. The value of NEVER sets the account to never expire.

-addmbr (NTXP)

Specifies that members specified by one or more member_dn ... to be added to the group specified by group_dn.

-c (NTXP)

Reports errors, but continues with the next object in the argument list when multiple target objects are specified (continuous operation mode). If omitted, the command exits on the first error.

-canchpwd {yes | no} (NTXP)

Specifies if users can change their passwords at all (yes) or not (no). The value of must be yes if the value of the -mustchpwd is yes.

-chmbr (NTXP)

Specifies that members specified by one or more member_dn ... to be replaced in the group specified by group_dn.

-company company (NTXP)

Specifies the company information of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-d domain (NTXP)

Connects the computer to a specified domain. By default, the computer is connected to the domain controller in the logon domain.

-dept department (NTXP)

Specifies the departments of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-desc description (NTXP)

Specifies the descriptions of the computer/contact/group/organizational unit/server/user objects you want to modify.

-disabled {yes | no} (NTXP)

Specifies if the computer/user account is disabled for logon (yes) or not (no).

-display display_name (NTXP)

Specifies the display names of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-email email (NTXP)

Specifies the e-mail addresses of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-empid employee_id (NTXP)

Specifies the employee IDs of the user objects you want to modify.

-fax fax_number (NTXP)

Specifies the fax numbers of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-fn first_name (NTXP)

Specifies the first names of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-hmdir home_directory (NTXP)

Specifies the home directory locations of the user objects you want to modify. If home_directory is given as a universal naming convention (UNC) path, then you must specify a mapped drive to this path must using -hmdrv.

-hmdrv home_drive_letter (NTXP)

Specifies the home directory drive letters of the user objects you want to modify.

-hometel home_phone_number (NTXP)

Specifies the home telephone numbers of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-iptel ip_phone_number (NTXP)

Specifies the IP phone numbers of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-isgc {yes | no} (NTXP)

Sets this server as a global catalog (yes) or disables it (no).

-ln last_name (NTXP)

Specifies the last names of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-loc location (NTXP)

Specifies the location of the computer object you want to modify.

-loscr script_path (NTXP)

Specifies the logon script paths of the user objects you want to modify.

-mgr manager_dn (NTXP)

Specifies the distinguished names of the managers of the user objects you want to modify.

The manager can only be specified using the distinguished name format.

-mi middle_initial (NTXP)

pecifies the middle initial of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-mobile cell_phone_number (NTXP)

Specifies the cell numbers of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-mustchpwd {yes | no} (NTXP)

Specifies if users must change their passwords at the time of next logon (yes) or not (no).

-office office (NTXP)

Specifies the office locations of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-p {password | *} (NTXP)

Specifies to use either a password or a * to log on to a remote server. If *, then prompted for password.

-pager pager_number (NTXP)

Specifies the pager numbers of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-profile profile_path (NTXP)

Specifies the profile paths of the user objects you want to modify.

-pwd {password | *} (NTXP)

Resets password or a * user password. If *, then prompts for password.

-pwdneverexpires {yes | no} (NTXP)

Specifies if user accounts never expires (yes) or not (no).

-q (NTXP)

Suppresses all output to standard output (quiet mode).

-qdefault value (NT2003)

Specifies that the default quota for the directory partition be set to value. The default quota will apply to any security principal (user, group, computer or inetOrgPerson) who owns an object in the directory partition, if no quota specification exists that covers the security principal. -1 is an unlimited quota.

-qlimit value (NT2003)

Specifies the number of objects within the directory partition that can be owned by the security principal to which the quota object is assigned. -1 is unlimited quota.

-qtmbstnwt percent (NT2003)

Sets the percentage by which tombstone object count should be reduced when calculating quota usage. The percentage is specified by percent and must be between 0 and 100.

If a user were assigned a quota of 100, the user could own a maximum of 100 normal objects or 400 tombstone objects in Active Directory.

-reset (NTXP)

Resets computer accounts.

-reversiblepwd {yes | no} (NTXP)

Specifies if user passwords should be stored using reversible encryption (yes) or not (no).

-rmmbr (NTXP)

Specifies that members specified by one or more member_dn ... to be removed from the group specified by group_dn.

-s server (NTXP)

Connects the computer to a specified server.

-samid sam_name (NTXP)

Specifies that the SAM account names of the groups you want to modify.

-scope {g | l | u} (NTXP)

Sets the scope of the groups to global, local, or universal. If the domain is in mixed-mode, then the universal scope is not supported. It is not possible to convert a domain local group to global group or vice-versa.

-secgrp {yes | no} (NTXP)

Sets the group types to security group (yes) or distribution group (no).

-tel phone_number (NTXP)

Specifies the telephone numbers of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-title title (NTXP)

Specifies the titles of the contact/user objects you want to modify.

-u user_name (NTXP)

Specifies the user name with which user will log on to a remote server. By default, the logged on user name is used. You can specify a user name using one of the formats:

      user name
      domain\user name
      user principal name (UPN)

-uc | -uci | -uco (NT2003)

Specifies that output or input data is formatted in Unicode:

• -uc input from or output to a pipe (|)
• -uco output to a pipe (|) or a file
• -uci input from a pipe (|) or a file

-upn upn (NTXP)

Specifies the user principal names of the user objects you want to modify.

-wegpg web_page (NTXP)

Specifies the Beb page URLs of the user objects you want to modify.

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Windows

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Windows NT

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