Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference

Name

net user

Synopsis

net user username [passwd |*] ^ [/ADD [options] | /DELETE] [/DOMAIN]

Create or modify user accounts. As indicated, the username can be followed optionally by a password or by an asterisk to request a password prompt. Without any arguments, the command lists all user accounts in the local domain or on the local workstation.

Options

/ADD | /DELETE

Add or delete the specified user account. The default is to modify an existing account.

/DOMAIN

Operate on the primary domain controller rather than on the local system. (The local system is the default on Windows 2000 server systems.)

/ACTIVE:YES | NO

Enable or disable the account.

/FULLNAME: text

The user’s full name.

/EXPIRES:date | NEVER

The account expiration date, if any.

/HOMEDIR: path

The home directory location.

/PASSWORDCHG: YES | NO

Whether users can change their password.

/PASSWORDREQ: YES | NO

Whether a password is required for an account.

/PROFILEPATH: path

The path to the user profile for this account.

/SCRIPTPATH: path

The location of this user’s login script.

/TIMES:ALL | times

The allowed login hours.

/WORKSTATIONS: list

Limit the allowed login locations to these systems (maximum of eight systems).

/COMMENT:string, /USERCOMMENT:string

Descriptive comments for the account.

/COUNTRYCODE:n

Operating system country code (0 means the system default).