I need to create a user account for my wife that initially duplicates mine
Thank you in advance for your thoughts and/or links.
It is becoming more and more "the norm" for me to come upstairs to my MAC and find that my wonderful wife has five or more Safari windows open, three Word documents open, Mail up and running, etc...
I certainly don't mind her using the computer, but I really like to come to my MAC with it having a nice clean desktop and ready for me to go at video editing etc.
I have set her up a user account, but of course all our bookmarks, documents, etc. are under my username.
Is there a script or an easy-to-follow step-by-step process to start her out with all the same Mail preferences, messages, Safari bookmarks, access to documents, etc.?
I read one response about iTunes and iPhoto that I really liked - he/she set up a shared user (or something like that) and used it for every users iTunes & iPhoto library. I guess the same thing could be accomplished by sharing ones iTunes and iPhoto libraries...
Anyway, you help/links would be appreciated.
Dwaine
I can see how it'd be possible to copy of one user's info into another's folder by temporarily changing ownership permissions. This would get you to your "start her out with all the same...." point.
itunes/iphoto libraries would be straightforward, as you've found - sharing documents too.
It can be done - but if you'll forgive me - I'll wait a day or so in case someone posts an easy- no playing with permissions-solution that saves you a lot of hassle.
Another option is to set up a "video editing" user that you use when you want a clear desktop/no other programs loaded etc environment. You can enable fast user switching in sys prefs-accounts - so it's really no bother to change quickly; & have your various video stuff easily accessible to you - yet switch back almost instantly to a normal account with mail/safari etc all running. This may be a better idea if your editing needs loads of memory & pushes the processor to near it's limit.
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I am trying to create user accounts via PowerShell instead of the Gui in server 2008 R2 (PowerShell 2.0).
I know how to create a user account with the following Power Shell command below is one from a dummy domain I created to practice.
PS C:\Users\Administrator> New-ADUser -SamAccountName "TestOut" -UserPrincipalNa
me "[email protected]" -GivenName "Test" -Surname "out" -DisplayName "Testou
t" -Name "Testout" -Enabled $true -Path "CN=users,DC=bwcat,DC=net,DC=int" -Accou
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However when doing day to day tasks where I work normally we have a new hire, they contact IT and ask that a user account is created. I will ask who they would like to mirror.
I then would go into the gui pull up the user that they want to mirror right click him and choose copy. This would create a new user account that I would then fill out.
I am wondering if its possible to do this same thing via PowerShell, or if its not an option because it takes more work type up everything than it does to go into the gui and do it.
Anyway thanks for the help.Hi Wilder, hi Mark,
first of all: The tutorial sources Mark posted - especially the book "Powershell 3 in A month of lunches" - are good to get a baseline start. A really great reference, especially when you try to learn it while still dealing with your daily business.
On another note, Wilder: While I fully agree that learning things sequentially is usually the best, I too jumped right in instead of learning how to walk first (though it's been some time now. Fewer years than you'd think, but still ...). So I thought I'd
give you a little aid with that function husk, so you could just stuff interesting bits into an available structure, making use of the fun tools in a useful context (It's fun fiddling around with the commands, but if you have to type in all of them manually
each time, using the GUI is often just faster. Doing fun things and being efficient with it feels even better though ...). So ... while I
do agree with yourself, learn it the Correct & Proper Way, I also do
intend to finish this little explanation about the husk, all the way to the end.
Everything below this paragraph is part of this.
function Copy-ADUser
<#
.SYNOPSIS
A brief description of the Copy-ADUser function.
.DESCRIPTION
A detailed description of the Copy-ADUser function.
.PARAMETER GivenName
A description of the GivenName parameter.
.PARAMETER Surname
A description of the Surname parameter.
.PARAMETER Template
A description of the Template parameter.
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\> Copy-ADUser -GivenName "Max" -Surname "Mustermann" -Template "Jonny.Normal"
.NOTES
Additional information about the function.
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]
$Surname,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]
$GivenName,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]
$Template
) # Create finished Strings
$JoinedName = $GivenName + "." + $Surname
# Create new User
$NewUser = New-ADUser -Surname $Surname -GivenName $GivenName -DisplayName "$Surname, $GivenName" -SamAccountName $JoinedName -Name "$Surename, $GivenName" -PassThru
# Copy from old User
$NewUser | Add-ADPrincipalGroupMembership -MemberOf (Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership $Template | Where { $_.Name -ne 'Domain Users' })
# Do Whatever else you feel like doing
This is again the same function husk I posted earlier. Only this time, I filled a little logic (the pieces that were already posted in this thread). This time, I'll not only go over each part again ... I'll do it by reposting the segments and trying to show
some examples on how to modify the parts. Thus some of it will be repetitive, but this way all the info is in one spot.
Segment: Comment Based Help
<#
.SYNOPSIS
A brief description of the Copy-ADUser function.
.DESCRIPTION
A detailed description of the Copy-ADUser function.
.PARAMETER GivenName
A description of the GivenName parameter.
.PARAMETER Surname
A description of the Surname parameter.
.PARAMETER Template
A description of the Template parameter.
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\> Copy-ADUser -GivenName "Max" -Surname "Mustermann" -Template "Jonny.Normal"
.NOTES
Additional information about the function.
#>
That's the premier documentation part of a function, that teaches a user what the function does and how to use it. It's what's shown when using the Get-Help cmdlet.
Comment texts are not restricted to single lines however. For example you could replace ...
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\> Copy-ADUser -GivenName "Max" -Surname "Mustermann" -Template "Jonny.Normal"
... with ...
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\> Copy-ADUser -GivenName "Max" -Surname "Mustermann" -Template "Jonny.Normal"
Creates a new user named Max Mustermann and copies the group memberships of the already existing user Jonny Normal to this new User
... and get an explanation on what the example does when using Get-Help with the
-Detailed parameter (Explaining examples is always a good idea).
Segment: Parameter
[CmdletBinding()]
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]
$Surname,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]
$GivenName,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]
$Template
This is the segment that tells Powershell what input your function accepts. Each parameter of Copy-ADUser you set will be available in the next segment as a variable of the same name. You can add additional parameters if you need more information for your
logic. For example, let's add a parameter that allows you to specify what Organization the new user should belong to:
[CmdletBinding()]
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]
$Surname,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]
$GivenName,
[string]
$Organization,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]
$Template
That's how that would look like. You may notice that I didn't add the line with
"[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] this time. This means you
may add the Organization parameter when calling Copy-ADUser, but you need not.
Segment: Logic
# Create new User
$NewUser = New-ADUser -Surname $Surname -GivenName $GivenName -DisplayName "$Surname, $GivenName" -SamAccountName "$GivenName.$Surename" -Name "$Surename, $GivenName" -PassThru
# Copy from old User
$NewUser | Add-ADPrincipalGroupMembership -MemberOf (Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership $Template | Where { $_.Name -ne 'Domain Users' })
# Do Whatever else you feel like doing
This is the part of the function that does the actual work. Compared to the first husk I posted, this time there are two commands in it (and some comments). First, I create a new user, using the information passed into
the parameters -Surname and -GivenName. Then I Copy the group memberships of the user identified by the information given by the
-Template parameter.
So, let's modify it!
# Tell the user you are starting
Write-Host "Starting to create the user account for $GivenName $Surname"
# Create new User
$NewUser = New-ADUser -Surname $Surname -GivenName $GivenName -DisplayName "$Surname, $GivenName" -SamAccountName "$GivenName.$Surename" -Name "$Surename, $GivenName" -PassThru
# Tell the user you are copying Group Memberships
Write-Host "Copying the group-memberhips of $Template to $GivenName $Surname"
# Copy from old User
$NewUser | Add-ADPrincipalGroupMembership -MemberOf (Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership $Template | Where { $_.Name -ne 'Domain Users' })
# Do Whatever else you feel like doing
Now after adding a few lines, the logic will tell us what it's doing (and do so before it
is taking action)!
Hm ... didn't we create a change in the Parameter Segment to add an -Organization parameter? Let's use it!
# If the -Organization parameter was set, the $Organization variable will be longer than 0. Thus do ...
if ($Organization.Length -gt 0)
# Tell the user you are starting
Write-Host "Starting to create the user account for $GivenName $Surname in the Organization $Organization"
# Create new User
$NewUser = New-ADUser -Surname $Surname -GivenName $GivenName -DisplayName "$Surname, $GivenName" -SamAccountName "$GivenName.$Surename" -Name "$Surename, $GivenName" -Organization $Organization -PassThru
# If the -Organization parameter was NOT set, the $Organization variable will have a length of 0. Thus the if-condition does not apply, thus we do the else block
else
# Tell the user you are starting
Write-Host "Starting to create the user account for $GivenName $Surname"
# Create new User
$NewUser = New-ADUser -Surname $Surname -GivenName $GivenName -DisplayName "$Surname, $GivenName" -SamAccountName "$GivenName.$Surename" -Name "$Surename, $GivenName" -PassThru
# Tell the user you are copying Group Memberships
Write-Host "Copying the group-memberhips of $Template to $GivenName $Surname"
# Copy from old User
$NewUser | Add-ADPrincipalGroupMembership -MemberOf (Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership $Template | Where { $_.Name -ne 'Domain Users' })
# Do Whatever else you feel like doing
There! Now we first check whether the -Organization parameter was set (it's not mandatory after all, so you can skip it). If it
was set, do whatever is in the curly braces after if (...). However, if it wasn't set, do whatever is in the curly braces after
else.
And that concludes my "minor" (and hopefully helpful) tutorial on how to use the function husk I posted :)
With this, whenever you find another cool command that helps you in the user creation process, you can simply add it, similar to what I did in these examples.
And if it all didn't make much sense, go through the tutorials in proper order and come back - it'll make much more sense then.
Cheers and good luck with PowerShell,
Fred
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Cipher.java
This program encodes and decodes text strings using a cipher that
can be specified by the user.
import java.io.*;
public class Cipher
public static void printID()
// output program ID
System.out.println ("*********************");
System.out.println ("* Cipher *");
System.out.println ("* *");
System.out.println ("* *");
System.out.println ("* *");
System.out.println ("* CS 181-03 *");
System.out.println ("*********************");
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"\n* 1. Set cipher code. *" +
"\n* 2. Encode text. *" +
"\n* 3. Decode coded text. *" +
"\n* 4. Exit the program *" +
"\n****************************");
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throws IOException
// prompt the user and get their response
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throws IOException
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else
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// main controls flow throughout the program, presenting a
// menu of options the user.
public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException
// declare constants
final String PROMPT_CHOICE = "Enter your choice: ";
final String PROMPT_VALID = "\nYou must enter a number between 1" +
" and 4 to indicate your selection.\n";
final String PROMPT_CIPHER = "\nEnter the offset value for a caesar " +
"cipher: ";
final String PROMPT_ENCODE = "\nEnter the text to encode: ";
final String PROMPT_DECODE = "\nEnter the text to decode: ";
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final String ENCODE_STR = "2"; // selection of 2 at main menu
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final String EXIT_STR = "4"; // selection of 4 at main menu
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final int EXIT = 4; // menu choice 3
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int choice; // menu choice selected
int offset = 0; // caesar cipher offset
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// until the user selects the exit option, display the menu
// and respond to the choice
do
// Display menu of options
printMenu();
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text = getText(input, PROMPT_CHOICE);
// While selection is not valid, prompt for correct info
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!text.equals(EXIT_STR) && !text.equals(DECODE_STR))
text = getText(input, PROMPT_VALID + PROMPT_CHOICE);
// convert choice to an integer
choice = new Integer(text).intValue();
// respond to the choice selected
switch(choice)
case SET:
// get the cipher value from the user and constrain to
// -25..0..25
offset = getInteger(input, PROMPT_CIPHER);
offset %= ALPHABET_SIZE;
break;
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// get message to encode from user, and encode it using
// the current cipher value
text = getText(input, PROMPT_ENCODE);
text = encode(text, offset);
System.out.println("Encoded text is: " + text);
break;
case DECODE:
// get message to decode from user, and decode it using
// the current cipher value
text = getText(input, PROMPT_DECODE);
text = decode(text, offset);
System.out.println("Decoded text is: " + text);
break;
case EXIT:
// set exit flag to true
finished = true ;
break;
} // end of switch on choice
} while (!finished); // end of outer do loop
// Thank user
System.out.println("Thank you for using Cipher for all your" +
" code breaking and code making needs.");
}My source in code format...sorry guys :)
Cipher.java
This program encodes and decodes text strings using a cipher that
can be specified by the user.
import java.io.*;
public class Cipher
public static void printID()
// output program ID
System.out.println ("*********************");
System.out.println ("* Cipher *");
System.out.println ("* *");
System.out.println ("* *");
System.out.println ("* *");
System.out.println ("* CS 181-03 *");
System.out.println ("*********************");
public static void printMenu()
// output menu
System.out.println("\n\n****************************" +
"\n* 1. Set cipher code. *" +
"\n* 2. Encode text. *" +
"\n* 3. Decode coded text. *" +
"\n* 4. Exit the program *" +
"\n****************************");
public static String getText(BufferedReader input, String prompt)
throws IOException
// prompt the user and get their response
System.out.print(prompt);
return input.readLine();
public static int getInteger(BufferedReader input, String prompt)
throws IOException
// prompt and get response from user
String text = getText(input, prompt);
// convert it to an integer
return (new Integer(text).intValue());
public static String encode(String original, int offset)
// declare constants
final int ALPHABET_SIZE = 26; // used to wrap around A-Z
String encoded = ""; // base for string to return
char letter; // letter being processed
// convert message to upper case
original = original.toUpperCase();
// process each character of the message
for (int index = 0; index < original.length(); index++)
// get the letter and determine whether or not to
// add the cipher value
letter = original.charAt(index);
if (letter >='A' && letter <= 'Z')
// is A-Z, so add offset
// determine whether result will be out of A-Z range
if ((letter + offset) > 'Z') // need to wrap around to 'A'
letter = (char)(letter - ALPHABET_SIZE + offset);
else
if ((letter + offset) < 'A') // need to wrap around to 'Z'
letter = (char)(letter + ALPHABET_SIZE + offset);
else
letter = (char) (letter + offset);
// build encoded message string
encoded = encoded + letter;
return encoded;
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// declare constants
final int ALPHABET_SIZE = 26; // used to wrap around A-Z
String decoded = ""; // base for string to return
char letter; // letter being processed
// make original message upper case
original = original.toUpperCase();
// process each letter of message
for (int index = 0; index < original.length(); index++)
// get letter and determine whether to subtract cipher value
letter = original.charAt(index);
if (letter >= 'A' && letter <= 'Z')
// is A-Z, so subtract cipher value
// determine whether result will be out of A-Z range
if ((letter - offset) < 'A') // wrap around to 'Z'
letter = (char)(letter + ALPHABET_SIZE - offset);
else
if ((letter - offset) > 'Z') // wrap around to 'A'
letter = (char)(letter - ALPHABET_SIZE - offset);
else
letter = (char) (letter - offset);
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decoded = decoded + letter;
return decoded;
// main controls flow throughout the program, presenting a
// menu of options the user.
public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException
// declare constants
final String PROMPT_CHOICE = "Enter your choice: ";
final String PROMPT_VALID = "\nYou must enter a number between 1" +
" and 4 to indicate your selection.\n";
final String PROMPT_CIPHER = "\nEnter the offset value for a caesar " +
"cipher: ";
final String PROMPT_ENCODE = "\nEnter the text to encode: ";
final String PROMPT_DECODE = "\nEnter the text to decode: ";
final String SET_STR = "1"; // selection of 1 at main menu
final String ENCODE_STR = "2"; // selection of 2 at main menu
final String DECODE_STR = "3"; // selection of 3 at main menu
final String EXIT_STR = "4"; // selection of 4 at main menu
final int SET = 1; // menu choice 1
final int ENCODE = 2; // menu choice 2
final int DECODE =3; // menu choice 4
final int EXIT = 4; // menu choice 3
final int ALPHABET_SIZE = 26; // number of elements in alphabet
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boolean finished = false; // whether or not to exit program
String text; // input string read from keyboard
int choice; // menu choice selected
int offset = 0; // caesar cipher offset
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printID();
// until the user selects the exit option, display the menu
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do
// Display menu of options
printMenu();
// Prompt user for an option and read input
text = getText(input, PROMPT_CHOICE);
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while (!text.equals(SET_STR) && !text.equals(ENCODE_STR) &&
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text = getText(input, PROMPT_VALID + PROMPT_CHOICE);
// convert choice to an integer
choice = new Integer(text).intValue();
// respond to the choice selected
switch(choice)
case SET:
// get the cipher value from the user and constrain to
// -25..0..25
offset = getInteger(input, PROMPT_CIPHER);
offset %= ALPHABET_SIZE;
break;
case ENCODE:
// get message to encode from user, and encode it using
// the current cipher value
text = getText(input, PROMPT_ENCODE);
text = encode(text, offset);
System.out.println("Encoded text is: " + text);
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case DECODE:
// get message to decode from user, and decode it using
// the current cipher value
text = getText(input, PROMPT_DECODE);
text = decode(text, offset);
System.out.println("Decoded text is: " + text);
break;
case EXIT:
// set exit flag to true
finished = true ;
break;
} // end of switch on choice
} while (!finished); // end of outer do loop
// Thank user
System.out.println("Thank you for using Cipher for all your" +
" code breaking and code making needs.");
} -
How to create a user parameter for a report
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I am writing a report in ORACLE 6.0, and I need to create a user
parameter for my report.
My database includes fields: item_id, item_cost, and item_desc.
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the report will prompt the user to enter number into this
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thanks.
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Thanks for the help.
RichardNew email accounts should be created and set up first with your email service provider--contact them for information about how to do that. Just making up a new address and typing it into Mail's preferences doesn't create a new email account.
Edited to add: In addition, you probably want to establish a new user account for your wife on your Mac, so that you and she have separate folders and inboxes for your mail, once she has her own account set up. Separate user accounts also mean the two of you can have separate bookmarks on your browsers, separate document folders, and so on--almost as if you each had your own computer.
Message was edited by: Jay Bullock
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