| dsrm | new in WS2003 |
Deletes objects from Active Directory.
dsrm ObjectDN... [-subtree [-exclude]] [-noprompt] [{-s Server|-d Domain}]
[-u UserName] [-p {Password|*}] [-c] [-q]
ObjectDN...
The distinguished names of objects to remove from Active Directory.
-subtree [-exclude]
Deletes the specified object and all its children. If -exclude is used, all children are deleted, but the parent isn't.
-noprompt
Doesn't prompt for confirmation of each deletion.
{-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.
-c
Reports errors and then continues with next object in argument list if multiple objects are specified; otherwise, exits upon error.
-q
Runs in quiet mode to suppress standard output of command.
Delete the child objects within the Customer Support OU in the
mtit.local domain:
dsrm "OU=Customer Support,DC=mtit,DC=local" -subtree -exclude Are you sure you wish to delete all children of OU=Customer Support,DC=mtit, DC=local (Y/N)? y dsrm succeeded:OU=Customer Support,DC=mtit,DC=local
Active Directory , dsadd, dsget, dsmod, dsmove, dsquery,
Groups ,
Users