| net user |
net user [username [password | *] [options] ] [/domain]
net user username {password | *} /add [options] [/domain]
net user username [/delete] [/domain]
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Lists user accounts on computer or domain (see /domain later in this list).
username [password | *] [options]
Indicates user account (up to 20 characters long) and password (up to 127 characters long) to manage. An asterisk prompts for a password when the command is run. options specifies account options, which can include:
/active:[no | yes]
Enables or disables the account (enabled is default).
/comment:"text"
Indicates a descriptive comment up to 48 characters long.
/countrycode:nnn
Uses country/region codes to specify language file for user's Help and error messages (use 0 for default country/region code).
/expires:[date | never]
Represents the account expiration date (use mm/dd/yy, dd/mm/yy, or mmm,dd,yy format depending on the country/region code).
/fullname:"name"
Indicates the user's full name.
/homedir:path
Indicates path to user's home directory.
/passwordchg:[yes | no]
Specifies whether users can change their password (default is yes).
/passwordreq:[yes | no]
Specifies whether a password is required (default is yes).
/profilepath:[path]
Indicates path to user's logon profile.
/scriptpath:path
Indicates path to user's logon script, which must be relative to:
%Systemroot%\System32\Repl\Import\Scripts
/times:[times | all]
Represents logon hours allowed. Use:
day[-day][,day[-day]] ,time [-time][,time[-time]]
in one-hour time increments with days spelled out or abbreviated as M,T,W,Th,F,Sa,Su and hours in 12- or 24-hour notation). Using a null (blank) value means the user can never log on.
/usercomment:"text"
Specifies the "user comment" for the account.
/workstations:{computername[,...] | *}
Specifies up to eight workstations from which the user can log on (separate using commas). An asterisk means the user can log on from any machine.
/domain
Manages domain accounts.
/add [options]
Adds the account (see earlier in this list for options).
/delete
Removes the account.
Display a list of user accounts on a domain controller
TEST :
net user User accounts for \\TEST ---------------------------------------------------- Administrator Guest ILS_ANONYMOUS_USER IUSR_MS3 IUSR_TEST IWAM_MS3 IWAM_TEST krbtgt mktulloch NetShowServices sally TsInternetUser The command completed successfully.
If you execute the previous command on a WS2003 machine, you need to add the /domain switch.
View details of user account Sally:
net user sally usernames sally Full Name sally Comment User's comment Country code 000 (System Default) Account active Yes Account expires Never Password last set 6/23/2003 11:56 AM Password expires 8/5/2003 10:44 AM Password changeable 6/23/2003 11:56 AM Password required Yes User may change password Yes Workstations allowed All Logon script User profile Home directory Last logon Never Logon hours allowed All Local Group Memberships Global Group memberships *support *Domain Users The command completed successfully.
Add user account
fredp (for Fred Penner) with high security password KDj59Pw8, allowing the user to log on between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday, prohibiting the user from changing his password himself, and restricting the user to logging on from the workstation named
PRO115 :
net user fredp KDj59Pw8 /add /fullname:"Fred Penner" /times:M-F,8am-5pm /passwordchg:no /workstations:PRO115 The command completed successfully.
Since you entered a different password from the one Fred requested, you need to change it:
net user fredp * Type a password for the user:******** Retype the password to confirm:******** The command completed successfully.
Generate a report listing all users in the computer's primary domain:
net user /domain > users.txt
net users has the same effect as net user.
net accounts, net group, net localgroup,
Users