NET USER

Creates and modifies user accounts on computers.

NET USER [username [password | *] [/ACTIVE:{YES | NO}] [/COMMENT:"text"] [/COUNTRYCODE:nnn] [/EXPIRES:{date | NEVER}] [/FULLNAME:"name"] [/HOMEDIR:pathname] [/PASSWORDCHG:{YES | NO}] [/PASSWORDREQ:{YES | NO}] [/PROFILEPATH[:path]] [/SCRIPTPATH:pathname] [/TIMES:{times | ALL}] [/USERCOMMENT:"text"] [/WORKSTATIONS:{computer_name[,...] | *}]] [/DOMAIN]

NET USER username {password | *} /ADD [/ACTIVE:{YES | NO}] [/COMMENT:"text"] [/COUNTRYCODE:nnn] [/DOMAIN] [/EXPIRES:{date | NEVER}] [/FULLNAME:"name"] [/HOMEDIR:pathname] [/HOMEDIRREQ:{YES | NO}] [/PASSWORDCHG:{YES | NO}] [/PASSWORDREQ:{YES | NO}] [/PROFILEPATH[:path]] [/SCRIPTPATH:pathname] [/TIMES:{times | ALL}] [/USERCOMMENT:"text"] [/WORKSTATIONS:{computer_name[,...] | *}]

NET USER username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]

Lists the user accounts for the computer:

NET USER

password (NT3.1)

Assigns or changes a password for the user's account. A password must satisfy the minimum length set with the /MINPWLEN option of the NET ACCOUNTS command. It can have as many as 14 characters.

* (NT3.1)

Produces a prompt for the password. The password is not displayed when you type it at a password prompt.

username (NT3.1)

Is the name of the user account to add, delete, modify, or view. The name of the user account can have as many as 20 characters.

/ACTIVE:{YES | NO} (NT3.1)

Activates or deactivates the account. If the account is not active, the user cannot access the server. The default is YES.

/ADD (NT3.1)

Adds a user account to the user accounts database.

/COMMENT:"text" (NT3.1)

Provides a descriptive comment about the user's account (maximum of 48 characters). Enclose the text in quotation marks.

/COUNTRYCODE:nnn (NT3.1)

Uses the operating system country code to implement the specified language files for a user's help and error messages. A value of 0 signifies the default country code.

/DELETE (NT3.1)

Removes a user account from the user accounts database.

/DOMAIN (NT3.1)

Performs the operation on a domain controller of the current domain.

/EXPIRES:{date | NEVER} (NT3.1)

Causes the account to expire if date is set. NEVER sets no time limit on the account. An expiration date is in the form mm/dd/yyyy, dd/mm/yyyy, or mmm,dd,yyyy depending on the country code. Months can be a number, spelled out, or abbreviated with three letters. Year can be two or four numbers. Use slashes(/) (no spaces) to separate parts of the date.

/FULLNAME:"name" (NT3.1)

Is a user's full name (rather than a username). Enclose the name in quotation marks.

/HOMEDIR:pathname (NT3.1)

Sets the path for the user's home directory. The path must exist.

/HOMEDIRREQ:{YES | NO} (NT3.1 through NT3.5

Sets whether a home directory is required.

/PASSWORDCHG:{YES | NO} (NT3.1)

Specifies whether users can change their own password. The default is YES.

/PASSWORDREQ:{YES | NO} (NT3.1)

Specifies whether a user account must have a password. The default is YES.

/PROFILEPATH[:path] (NT3.1)

Sets a path for the user's logon profile.

/SCRIPTPATH:pathname (NT3.1)

Is the location of the user's logon script.

/TIMES:{times | ALL} (NT3.1)

Is the logon hours. TIMES is expressed as day[-day][,day[-day]],time[-time][,time [-time]], limited to 1-hour increments. Days can be spelled out or abbreviated. Hours can be 12- or 24-hour notation. For 12-hour notation, use am, pm, a.m., or p.m. ALL means a user can always log on, and a blank value means a user can never log on. Separate day and time entries with a comma, and separate multiple day and time entries with a semicolon.

/USERCOMMENT:"text" (NT3.1)

Lets an administrator add or change the User Comment for the account.

/WORKSTATIONS:{computer_name[,...] | *} (NT3.1)

Lists as many as eight computers from which a user can log on to the network. If /WORKSTATIONS has no list or if the list is *, the user can log on from any computer.

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The user account information is stored in the user accounts database.

This command works on servers AND workstations.

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External

DOS

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Windows

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Windows NT

NT3.1 NT3.5 NT3.51 NT4 NTXP NT2003