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Tag Archives: Active Directory
Pre-populate Users names and email address in Office and Acrobat
Often you would like some personal information filled in for the user before they start the application. E.g. Why have Office or Acrobat ask for the users name when it is already stored in active directory? Here are some simple … Continue reading
Renaming Novell user accounts
Recently we had to change the login names for around 1200 students. As part of this rename we needed to change their Novell eDirectory account and home directory. We also needed to ensure linked systems such as an LDAP authenticated … Continue reading
Posted in Active Directory, Moodle, Novell, Utilities
Tagged account, Active Directory, Database, eDirectory, home directories, login names, Moodle, Novell, novell edirectory, Password, username, usernames
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AD Password Reset and Bulk Modify
Those who in the past have used the Novell Change Pass utility may have been missing it when moving to Active Directory. A great tool is Wisesoft Password Control which allows you to just type in the username, it will … Continue reading
Posted in Active Directory, Utilities, Windows
Tagged Active Directory, Modify, Password, password control, sAMaccountName, student passwords, Tools, username, utility, Wisesoft
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Access-based Enumeration
A great new feature in Windows Server 2003 is Access-based Enumeration (ABE). What ABE does is hide any file or folder that a user does not have access to. So for example the folder where you store all your users … Continue reading