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Create Local User account via Command Line

Hi the command to create a local user account is

net user user Password /fullname:"User Name" /add

How to I add the switches so this password will not expire and user cannot change the password?

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Daryl Ponting

/passwordchg:{yes | no} for changing the password. I don't know about the password never expires bit. Maybe you could do that with a GPO.

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Daryl Ponting

/expires is for the account expiry, not the password expiry.

lurezero

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the password change is working and is showing checked but the password expires:never is not checked when executed. is it supposed to be checked. can you give me a sample with the entire command set?

lurezero

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so i assume that if the password never expires is not checked is ok?

Daryl Ponting

I don't think you can set that option with the net user command. That's why I said use a GPO or configure the local policy on the computer. Are you creating the accounts on a PC or server? Is it a domain PC or Server?

lurezero

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its a server that belongs to a workgroup....200 local accounts...so i need to config a local GPO?

lurezero

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i see a maximum password age on the local security policy...what is the value to set it to unlimited?

Daryl Ponting

You can configure the local security policy (if you want the password never expires setting to apply to all user accounts on that server).

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