Professional Windows Server 1002003 Security A Technical Reference [Electronic resources]

Moves or renames an object in Active Directory.

Syntax

dsmove ObjectDN [-newname NewRDN] [-newparent ParentDN] 
[{-s Server|-d Domain}] [-u UserName] [-p {Password|*}] [-q]

Options

ObjectDN

The distinguished name of the object to be moved or renamed.

-newname NewRDN

Renames the object using the specified relative distinguished name.

-newparent ParentDN

Moves the object to the location specified by the distinguished name of its new parent container.

{-s Server | -d Domain}

Connects to a specified server or domain to run the command (if omitted, defaults to domain controller in logon domain).

[-u UserName] [-p {Password | *}]

Credentials for running the command. Specify UserName as domain\user or user@domain. If -p *, prompts for password.

-q

Runs in quiet mode to suppress standard output of command.

Examples

Move user account for Bob Jones from Sales OU to Customer Support OU:

dsmove CN=bjones,OU=Sales,DC=mtit,DC=local -newparent "OU=Customer
    Support,DC=mtit, DC=local"
dsmove succeeded:CN=bjones,OU=Sales,DC=mtit,DC=local

Rename username for Bob Jones from

bjones to

bobj :

dsmove "CN=bjones,OU=Customer Support,DC=mtit,DC=local" -newname bobj
dsmove succeeded:CN=bjones,OU=Customer Support,DC=mtit,DC=local

Notes

• You can move and rename an object in one step using -newparent and -newname switches in a single command.

• dsmove can move objects only within a domain. To move objects between domains, use

  MoveTree from Support Tools on the product CD.

See Also

Active Directory , dsadd, dsget, dsmod, dsquery, dsrm,

Groups ,

Users