I'm trying to get the free bulk import tool to set accounts to expire but I think I'm doing something wrong because it always errors. What are the variables that need to be set to make this work.
Otherwise I've figured out everything I need except for the occasional glitch where it doesn't pull all the accounts from a CSV file (generated with Apache Open Office).
Using the User Import Tool, it does not seem to be setting the password on new accounts. Even though it shows the password from the Excel file mapped to the AD password field, it's not getting set. The user accounts are created with no password, so on first login, the user can enter their id, no password and will be prompted to change. Any ideas why this may be happening?
Thanks,
David
Hello,
Everythime i close the User Import Tool and reopen it, i have to map my fields again.
is there any possibility to save my settings or to use it as default.
Thanks
Regards,
Carsten
I have been able to figure out how to do just about everything I need the User Import Tool to do except ine thing. The tool will include the user's home directory in the user account, but it is not creating the home folder on the file server. Anyone have any helpful information?
I have tried ot use the primary-group-id to set the primary group but I am getting an error. I am using the Primary group # from AD in the form of 4191 as the value. Is that the right field to use?
Hello,
I tried User Import Tool on a test server (W2003R2) and everything worked fine.
Then I installed on a production server, and when I try to map fileds in "Map Custom Fields" all fileds on the left (FROM) are on the same row, instead of being one field each row (see image attached). This way I can't proceed with mapping.
I tried also with the example .csv coming with the tool: same issue.
Any ideas or solution?
Thank you,
er
I've finally got the spreadsheet working the way I want. I've tested successfully adding 5 users along with all the group memberships they need and proper naming convention with description. I am in a real hurry to get this to work. I tried to import 360 users. I got about 90. I broke it down to 6 or so files. The first one still only imports about 30 when there is 50+ in the file. Anyone able to help?
Greetings,
The user import tool doesn't appear to successfully set any of the terminal service attributes I've identified when creating user accounts (e.g. ms-TS-Max-Idle-Time, ms-TS-Max-Disconnection-Time, ms-TS-Profile-Path).
My csv maps the following fields with the values below:
ms-TS-Max-Idle-Time = 15
ms-TS-Max-Disconnection-Time = 15
ms-TS-Profile-Path = "\\<domain>\users\%username%\"
Looking for assistance on getting those data points updated.
Thanks in advance for your time.
Cheers,
Sean
I need to add almost 200 student user accounts. Last time I did this, I did it by hand because the CSVDE and PowerShell scripts didn't work for some reason and not much clear and direct explanation of what is expected and required were provided or available. I googled for some updated scripts or utilities anf stumbled onto Gy thomas who pointed to this as the tool to use.
Downloaded and installed the User Import Tool. Set up my CSV (with Excel) and started the step by step process. Tested the credentials ..passed. mapped the fields to the AD fields I wanted to use/populate. Then set the OU. CLicked on Create ...bam ..error ...Can not create user ..Access is Denied.
Here's a snippet of the verbose log file.
2012-09-08 14:13:47,190 [10] ERROR UserImportTool.Logger - Failed to create user:2611973[System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access is denied.
at System.DirectoryServices.Interop.UnsafeNativeMethods.IAds.SetInfo()
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.CommitChanges()
at ADImportServiceLib.ActiveDirectory.AdHelper.CreateAccount(UserData userData, DirectoryEntry ou, String& message)
at UserImportTool.Model.UserImportController.ImportUsers(Boolean createADOnly, List`1 users)]
2012-09-08 14:13:47,194 [10] ERROR UserImportTool.Logger - Failed to create user:2611974
I am almost to the point where I'm ready to quit and start adding the users one by one ....
Please help!
Thanks
jp
Hi There,
Does anyone know what the City field is in the User Import Tool? The active directory attribute is "l" I think.
I can't find it when trying to map custom attributes.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Steve
I have successfully configured the User Import Tool to import users but I am having trouble with the Description field. When I map the field I noticed there are 2 Descriptions in the New Attribute drop-down. I have tried both and the users are created but with no description and it gives the error above. I have also tried Admin-Description and don't get the error but it doesn't fill in the field. Is there another field I should be using to populate description? The text I am importing is simply a 5 digit number so it doesn't have any special characters.
Hi, i am trying to Map additional Custom Fields apart from the three default ones but the Map Attribute Field seems greyed out ?
I'm not sure if i'm doing something wrong here but any inputs will be highly appreciated.
Attached is the sample screenshot for reference.
Regards
Aznan Nagor
To start things off, we have this in the logs.
2012-09-13 15:49:44,356 [15] DEBUG UserImportTool.Logger - Creating Active Directory users
2012-09-13 15:49:44,356 [15] DEBUG UserImportTool.Logger - Creating User Account Name:redacted User Logon Name: Alias: Database: Organizational Unit:ou=contractor,ou=user accounts,dc=redacted,dc=com FullName:
2012-09-13 15:49:44,512 [15] ERROR UserImportTool.Logger - Failed to set the following properties: User:redacted Properties:Description, Account-Expires, Canonical-Name
For those fields, we have the following information:
Description
Contractor -- lastname, firstname - This is how we do searches for them for reporting. Contractors here expire on a schedule, so for reporting, we send that name an email to approve their renewal.
Account-Expires
I originally had a date and time in this field, but after some research it's supposed to be a 64-bit integer. Short of a little script, I think that field will be not worth the effort. If you all want to add that functionality, I'd be appreciative.
Canonical-Name
.Lastname, Firstname - cn, name, Directory Name, I've seen em all. All in all, its the name that is displayed on the search results when using Find in ADUC. We append a period to the beginning of the directory name so that when we do a find, the contractors come up first. We keep the Display Name without the character so the GAL and other places aren't affected.
I use an LDAP editor for most of my work with AD, so the Description field and the Account Expires field shouldn't be much of an issue, but the cn is a really big problem. Importing a large list of names that we then have to modify for each entry defeats a lot of the purpose of getting the .csv file ready for import. Is there any way to import that field? Am I doing it wrong?
Hi, i have managed to create users in AD using the User Import Tool.
However, i am trying to also assign each users with an AD Security Group.
I have mapped the Is-Member-Of-DL attribute correctly but the users seems not being assigned to the groups and instead being assigned to Domain Users group.
I would really appreciate any inputs from the Community or Solarwinds' support team.
Attached is the screenshot for reference purposes.
Thanks in advance
Aznan Nagor
Hi,
I have a general error acces in the SolarWinds "User Import Tool" program.
I used it one hour ago with a server 2003 without problem but now on a server 2008 I get this error :
I have all the rights on this server so I can't understand this error.
If you know what's wrong, I'd be happy to have your help.
Thanks,
Sub
I am trying to import users into my AD with the User Import Tool but I continue to have "there is no such object on the server" and sometimes "Access is denied" as error message.
Please what can I do to help the situation.
Thank you.
Wale
Everytime I try the field remains blank. Occasionally I can get it to populate but only if I remove a lot of the other mappings and have it totally by itself. Any idea how to fix this? We use them a LOT and the tool is super-useful otherwise.
Gerry
so i am trying to import some test users to see if all is well with this tool but i am getting the following error:
An invalid dn syntax error has been specified.
i have no idea what syntax is wrong. it looks fine to me.
the only thing i can think of is that i didnt include DN on my spreadsheet because i have no idea what that maps to in this tool.
is there and dictionary of sorts that will show what the solarwinds attributes are the in active directory world since there are some that have different names?
Can anyone help me out. Is there a way to manually enter my own description, system location and machine type. 90% of the devices on my network do not provide that info when scanned. I have manually entered this information into my CSV file but it will not let me add those fields. If i change my ip to USED or Reserved will this allow me to input that information manually? Thanks for the help guys.
What values can I put in for the UserAccountControl attribute?
It seems that when accounts are created, the "user must change password" is set. I would like to avoid this.