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9/9/2010 12:04:22 PM
obnetadmin
obnetadmin
Posts 6 		Pulled in users from a list. I go to the Profile tab and under the Home Directory section, I choose Connect To. In my case, the drive letter is P. When I define the path as \\servername\share name\%username%, it does not populate the variable with the username. Should I use a different variable for Bulk AD Users?
9/28/2010 11:17:19 AM
admin
admin
Posts 331 		You can use the following format instead:

\\servername\share name\<attr>sAMAccountName</attr>

This feature is referred to as XML Placeholders and they are more flexible than the standard %username% placeholder convention. Here is a link to the relevant section of documentation:

http://www.wisesoft.co.uk/software/passwordcontrol/bulk_modify_xml_placeholders.aspx

It probably would have been a good idea to support the %username% convention as well though as many users expect this format to work. I'll consider adding this in future versions of the application.

Hope this helps,

David
8/20/2011 2:31:11 AM
puneet
puneet
Posts 1 		when i create home directory. home directory create successfully. but not show user folder on share disk drive .

Puneet
8/21/2011 8:13:10 AM
admin
admin
Posts 331 		Hi,

BulkADUsers will only modify the attributes in Active Directory - it won't create the folders in the file system.

David
10/6/2011 2:14:24 AM
kevWCFE
kevWCFE
Posts 2 		Hi David,

Great program. Used another program to create 900 users but it doesn't do home folders. I used your edit in excel feature to create a home folder entry that is a combination of a couple of fields (course code, student ID and name).

The home folder attribute updated correctly as we wanted but the folder isn't created. As you state above and in a topic in the bug forum back in 2009 your software doesn't create the folder. Do you have any plans to add this feature to the software? Or would you know of a program or method to force server 2008 to create the folders that are listed in the home folder of all users if the folder doesn't already exist?

Thanks
K
10/9/2011 8:55:48 AM
admin
admin
Posts 331 		Hi,

I have another tool that can be used to create user accounts and home folders:

http://www.wisesoft.co.uk/software/account_management_spreadsheet/default.aspx

I'd eventually like to incorporate the features of account management spreadsheet into Bulk AD Users - the ability to create user accounts and create home folders etc. This might take some time though.

Hope this helps,

David
10/10/2011 3:34:50 AM
kevWCFE
kevWCFE
Posts 2 		Hi David,

Thanks for the reply. I saw that other tool but it was a bit complicated and I was under pressure to get it sorted.

In the end I used your tool to modify the home folder attribute but saved the excel sheet during the process as a CSV file. I then edited the CSV file to have just the home folder field in it and ran a batch file to import the contents of the CSV file line by line and run a MKDIR command on each entry.

Worked a treat.

Thanks again
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