net user

net user

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Manages user accounts.

Syntax

 net user [   username   [   password   *] [   options   ] ] [/domain] net user   username   {   password   *} /add [   options   ] [/domain] net user   username   [/delete] [/domain] 

Options

None

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.

Examples

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  

Notes

net users has the same effect as net user .

See Also

net accounts , net group , net localgroup , Users