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Thanks :) I'm an idiot... I was using the -u and -p instead of -samid and -pwd ...
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Thanks :) I'm an idiot... I was using the -u and -p instead of -samid and -pwd ...

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In Windows 2008, logged on with the admin account, I run:<br />
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dsadd user &quot;CN=Example User,OU=Users,OU=SomeLocat<wbr />ion,OU=MyB<wbr />usiness,DC<wbr />=PJ,DC=loc<wbr />al&quot; -fn Example -ln User -display &quot;Example User&quot; -company &quot;Example Company&quot; -dept Department1 -email bb@example.co.uk -pwdneverexpires yes -u bb -p 4edXed23 <br />
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and get the error:<br />
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dsadd failed:The logon attempt failed<br />
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I can't find much help with this error on Google. <br />
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Any help? I Have also tried running the code in a command prompt 'opened as administrator'. <br />
The OU's are set up okay, I created a user object then used dsquery to get it's CN path which matched the example okay.<br />
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Thanks<br />
Rob
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In Windows 2008, logged on with the admin account, I run:

dsadd user "CN=Example User,OU=Users,OU=SomeLocation,OU=MyBusiness,DC=PJ,DC=local" -fn Example -ln User -display "Example User" -company "Example Company" -dept Department1 -email bb@example.co.uk -pwdneverexpires yes -u bb -p 4edXed23 

and get the error:

dsadd failed:The logon attempt failed

I can't find much help with this error on Google. 

Any help? I Have also tried running the code in a command prompt 'opened as administrator'. 
The OU's are set up okay, I created a user object then used dsquery to get it's CN path which matched the example okay.

Thanks
Rob

dsadd user help

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