How to report on users & groups in Active Directory domains
By peter.stilgoe
NET USERS /DOMAIN >USERS.TXT
This command will return the user accounts from the Primary Domain Controller (PDC) of the current domain, and write them to a file called USER.TXT
NET ACCOUNTS /DOMAIN >ACCOUNTS.TXT
This command will return the account policy information from the PDC of the current domain, and write it to a file called ACCOUNTS.TXT
NET GROUP /DOMAIN >DGRP.TXT
This command will return the global groups on the PDC of the current domain, and write them to a file called GRP.TXT.
NET LOCALGROUP >LGRP.TXT
This command will return the local groups on the local machine, and write them to a file call LGRP.TXT.
NET VIEW /DOMAIN:DOMAINNAME >VIEW.TXT
This command will return the resources in the specified domain, and write them to a file called VIEW.TXT.
NET CONFIG SERVER >SERVER.TXT
This command will return the server name, version of Windows, active network adapter information/MAC address, Server hidden status, Maximum Logged On Users, Maximum open files per session, Idle session time, and assign it to a file called SERVER.TXT
NET CONFIG WORKSTATION >WKST.TXT
This command will return the workstation name, user name, version of Windows, network adapter, network adapter information/MAC address, Logon domain, COM Open Timeout, COM Send Count, COM Send Timout, and write it to a file called WKST.TXT.
There are also many free LDAP tools/browsers available for download which can export all your active directory data requirements to text files for reporting etc.
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June 20th, 2007
