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getting usernames from nt server

  • 07-06-2000 3:04pm
    #1
    Gavin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭


    ny know of any wayto get a list of user names from a windows nt server 4 machine ?
    basically, we are moving to a new server, and want to carry our old users with us..
    any1 know a way of just transferring all the names en masse ?

    Gav
    (win NT4 -> win2000), nt2000 is a new machine


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  • #2
    amp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭amp


    hmmmm, set up the win2k box as a BDC. Connect it to the network. Promote it to a PDC and the nt4 box will be demoted to a BDC. The users accounts will be transferred automagically.

    Then it's just a case of copying any login scripts from the nt4 box to the win2k box.

    AFAIK this is the only method other than creating them from scratch.
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  • #3
    WhiteWashMan
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    wouldnt you have to set up the win2k box as secondry server and replicate first?


  • #4
    Gavin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭Gavin


    Win2k, doesn't support BDC's and PDC's as such with it's new fancy schmancy active directory frown.gif As i understand it wanyway



  • #5
    WhiteWashMan
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    well, thats that theory out the friggin window. guess i'll have to wait til i go on a course to find out!
    and if anyone does know, put ***spoiler** on it coz i want the thrill of waiting to find out....


  • #6
    Hobbes
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    I had to do this some time ago.

    What I did was use Automate4 ( http://www.unisyn.com/ )

    Then just set it up to copy the settings of each user to a text file and cut and paste them back on the new machine.

    Had to reset the password though. Didn't help setting up the shares again.


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  • #7
    Gavin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭Gavin


    found what i beliewve to be the solution
    ( hehe that sounds good )

    anyweay, there is a program called addusers.exe that ships with NT resource kit seemingly, this will pull alist of all users on a server into a file, then bring it your new machine, run addusers again and it will add them all. mind u.. i can't imagine that it would bring the password alongs. So, i is now looling for addusers.exe smile.gif
    thx fer the help

    Gav


  • #8
    amp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭amp


    ummm, I presume it will. Microsoft would have to incorperate an easy, "robust" way of doing it. And the method I described is the way it's normally done if you wanted to replace one nt4 box with another.

    Did a bit of looking around and found this:
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win2000/win2ksrv/manuals/srvgs/sgsch03.asp

    You can do it the way I described, (and verb is right that it's now called the active directory) but MS recommend upgrading the PDC first, because a win2k box set up as a member server under a nt4 PDC controlled network would have limited (ie nt4's) features.
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