Question

VBScript change in AD accounts the existing path Userfolder and profile path.

Asked by: Dabosa

I have a new file server that users now will connect to
I will move over users Homefolder and profiles to the new one.

I would therefore like to have a VBscript that changes the old server name a to the new one, only for all accounts in a specified Users OU.

Ex:

Profile path \\oldserver\profiles$\user need to change to be   \\newserver\profiles$\users
Home folder \\oldsevrer\users$\user need to change to be : \\newsevrer\users$\user


I would like the script have me select which OU Im making this change as they are divided by region OU and office OU \usersOU ect. So I need to make sure im only changing in the correct users OU.


The script should only change the servername where there is an existing path for user folder and profile path for ALL accounts ONLY in the selected OU.
On some accounts profilepaths are blank as they are LP users, and they should remain blank, but have the homefolder changed.

Thanks!  /Dabosa!

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2009-09-22 at 01:10:53ID24750769
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by: bluntTonyPosted on 2009-09-22 at 05:59:19ID: 25392257

Hi there,

ADModify would do this for you. It's got a nice GUI you can use, and it saves the changes so you can roll back if you make an error:

http://www.codeplex.com/admodify

You can use it to target individual OUs of users as well. See screenshot of what you would need to do.

Failing that, a VBscript example is below as well. Bear in mind you would need to change 'strBase' to the DN of the OU in question, e.g.

OU=someOU,DC=domain,DC=local

(and also the UNCs to the shares)

Hope this helps.

Set objConn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set objComm =   CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
objConn.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
objConn.Open "Active Directory Provider"
Set objComm.ActiveConnection = objConn
objComm.Properties("Page Size") = 1000
 
strBase = "<LDAP://OU=someOU,DC=domain,DC=local>;"
 
strFilter = "(&(objectclass=user)(objectCategory=person));" 
strAttrs  = "distinguishedName;"
strScope  = "onelevel"
 
strNewProfileRoot = "\\server\userprofiles\"
strNewHomeRoot = "\\server\home\"
 
objComm.CommandText = strBase & strFilter & strAttrs & strScope
Set objRS = objComm.Execute
 
objRS.MoveFirst
Do Until objRS.EOF
	Set objUser = GetObject("LDAP://" & Replace(objRS.Fields("distinguishedName").Value,"/","\/"))
	WScript.Echo objUSer.cn
	If Not IsEmpty(objUser.profilePath) Then
		strNewProfile = strNewProfileRoot & objUser.Get("sAMAccountName")
		objUser.Put "profilePath", strNewProfile
		objUser.SetInfo
	End If
	
	If Not IsEmpty(objUser.homeDirectory) Then
		strNewHome = strNewHomeRoot & objUser.Get("sAMAccountName")
		objUser.Put "homeDirectory", strNewHome
		objUser.Setinfo
	End If
	
	objRS.MoveNext
Loop

                                              
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by: RobSampsonPosted on 2009-09-22 at 19:47:06ID: 25399669

Hi, I have posted the script from here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/File_Servers/Active_Directory/Q_22838478.html

but I have added the ability to specify a starting OU, which allows you to modify only users in that OU (and all subOUs).

It gives you a log as a CSV file of what changed.

Change these lines to suit....the user path will stay the same.

strOldPath = "\\server1\profiles\"
strNewPath = "\\server2\profiles\"
strOldHomeDirectory = "\\server1\user$\"
strNewHomeDirectory = "\\server2\user$\"
strOU = "OU=Users,OU=MainOffice,"

Regards,

Rob.

strOutputfile = "Users_ProfilePaths.csv"
 
If Right(LCase(WScript.FullName), 11) = "wscript.exe" Then
      Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
      objShell.Run "cmd /k cscript """ & WScript.ScriptFullName & """", 1, False
      Set objShell = Nothing
      WScript.Quit
End If
 
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
 
Set adoCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
Set adoConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
adoConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
adoConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
adoCommand.ActiveConnection = adoConnection
 
 ' Search entire Active Directory domain.
Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
strDNSDomain = objRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext")
 
strDetails = """User Name"",""Full Name"",""AdsPath"",""Script Path"",""Old Home Directory"",""New Home Directory"",""Old Profile Path"",""New Profile Path"""
 
strOldPath = "\\server1\profiles\"
strNewPath = "\\server2\profiles\"
strOldHomeDirectory = "\\server1\user$\"
strNewHomeDirectory = "\\server2\user$\"
strOU = "OU=Users,OU=MainOffice,"
 
If Trim(strOU) <> "" Then
	If Right(strOU, 1) <> "," Then strOU = strOU & ","
Else
	strOU = ""
End If
strBase = "<LDAP://" & strOU & strDNSDomain & ">"
strFilter = "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(profilePath=" & Replace(strOldPath, "\", "\5c") & "*))"
'(profilePath=" & strOldPath & "*)
'strFilter = "(&(objectClass=computer)(cn=" & strComputer & "))"
 
' Comma delimited list of attribute values to retrieve.
'strAttributes = "sAMAccountName,cn"
strAttributes = "samAccountName,cn,adsPath,ScriptPath,homeDirectory,profilePath"
 
' Construct the LDAP syntax query.
strQuery = strBase & ";" & strFilter & ";" & strAttributes & ";subtree"
adoCommand.CommandText = strQuery
adoCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 100
adoCommand.Properties("Timeout") = 30
adoCommand.Properties("Cache Results") = False
 
' Run the query.
Set adoRecordset = adoCommand.Execute
 
' Enumerate the resulting recordset.
Do Until adoRecordset.EOF
    ' Retrieve values and display.
      strUserName = adoRecordset.Fields("samAccountName").Value
      strFullName = adoRecordset.Fields("cn").Value
      strOUPath = Replace(adoRecordset.Fields("adsPath").Value, "LDAP://CN=" & strFullName & ",", "")
      strScriptPath = adoRecordset.Fields("ScriptPath").Value
      strOldHomeDirectory = adoRecordset.Fields("homeDirectory").Value
      strProfilePath = adoRecordset.Fields("profilePath").Value
      strNewProfile = strNewPath & Mid(strProfilePath, InStrRev(strProfilePath, "\") + 1)
      WScript.Echo "Processing " & strFullName
      Set objUser = GetObject(adoRecordset.Fields("adsPath").Value)
      objUser.profilePath = strNewProfile
      objUser.homeDirectory = strNewHomeDirectory & Mid(strOldHomeDirectory, InStrRev(strOldHomeDirectory, "\") + 1)
      objUser.SetInfo
      Set objUser = Nothing
      strDetails = strDetails & VbCrLf &_
            """" & strUserName & """" &_
            ",""" & strFullName & """" &_
            ",""" & strOUPath & """" &_
            ",""" & strScriptPath & """" &_
            ",""" & strOldHomeDirectory & """" &_
            ",""" & strNewHomeDirectory & Mid(strOldHomeDirectory, InStrRev(strOldHomeDirectory, "\") + 1) & """" &_
            ",""" & strProfilePath & """" &_
            ",""" & strNewProfile & """"
    ' Move to the next record in the recordset.
    adoRecordset.MoveNext
Loop
 
' Clean up.
adoRecordset.Close
Set adoRecordset = Nothing
 
adoConnection.Close
 
Set objOutputFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strOutputFile, True)
objOutputFile.Write strDetails
objOutputFile.Close
Set objOutputFile = Nothing
 
WScript.Echo "Done"
MsgBox "Done"

                                              
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by: DabosaPosted on 2009-10-09 at 05:28:12ID: 25534247

hi rob

i get this error when executing?

CreateFileandSetSecurity failed with FALSE (Expected on FAT Partitions) GLE: 32
CreateFileandSetSecurity failed with TRUE (not expected) GLE: 32
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Run Script\UN_PF.vbs(52, 1) Provider: Table does not exist.


C:\Run Script>

thanks
david

 

by: DabosaPosted on 2009-10-09 at 06:24:05ID: 25534667

Hi

I resolved the first part, had to remove alockout.dll from registry.

I still get this:

C:\Run Script\UN_PF.vbs(52, 1) Provider: Table does not exist.

Thanks David

 

by: DabosaPosted on 2009-10-09 at 06:39:51ID: 25534826

It was the LDAP path, now working.
The script only changes accounts that have both the profilepath and homefolderpath set. Most accounts only have homefolderpath set and has no profile path. Those accounts are not getting updated.
Would be great if that could work!

thanks
D

 

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2009-10-11 at 14:57:44ID: 25547588

Hi there, oh you're right....if you change this
strFilter = "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(profilePath=" & Replace(strOldPath, "\", "\5c") & "*))"

to this
strFilter = "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))"

then it will change all user accounts, regardless of what is set or not.

Regards,

Rob.

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