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Create DNS PTR record if A record exists

Create DNS PTR record if A record exists. This script will help you to have a DNS PTR record for each existing A record in your DNS zone. If a A record has been created in the DNS zone ($dnsDomainName

Online custom password generator

This is an online example on how to create a password generator. This password generator is written using Javascript. You can combine four parameters to create the password : upper case letter lower case letter number special character The minimum

Set the PwdLastSet attribute to the current date and time

This script will help you to set the PwdLastSet attribute to the current date and time for multiple users. The user list in this script is built from an organizational unit content. You can adapt it with your own requirement.

Add a SNMP permitted manager on remote hosts

This script will help you to Add a SNMP permitted manager on remote hosts. In this example the hostname of the SNMP permitted manager is : snmpmgr01. The remote hosts name are listed in a text file (one hostname per

Delete folders on remote hosts

This script will help you to delete folders on remote hosts. The folder names in the example are like $NtUninstallKB* and are located on the remote system admin$ shares. The remote computers are listed on the file C:\temp\BOOK1.txt Script :

Change the user UPN

This script will help you to change the user UPN (userPrincipalName attribute in the Active Directory) for all the user objects located in the OU OU=Users,OU=Dept,DC=domain,DC=local,DC=net Old UPN : domain.local.net New UPN : newdomain.com To setup a new UPN, follow

Show text/config file without comment lines

Show text/config file without comment lines (#): alias nocomment=’grep -Ev ‘\”^(#|$)’\”’ nocomment /etc/squid.conf Source Reference Man Grep NAME grep, egrep, fgrep – print lines matching a pattern SYNOPSIS grep [options] PATTERN [FILE…] grep [options] [-e PATTERN | -f FILE] [FILE…]

Disable and move inactive computer accounts

This script will help you to disable and move inactive computer accounts to a target OU in the Active Directory. The steps are the following : list all computer accounts inactive for more than 90 days ping each inactive computers

Export users to a CSV file

Export users to a CSV file Script : Script (with Microsoft Active Directory module loaded : import-module activedirectory) : Get-ADUser -filter * -ResultSetSize $null -Properties SamAccountName,displayname,description ` | select-Object SamAccountName,displayname,description ` | Export-Csv “c:\folder\export.csv” Script (with Quest Active Directory module)

Retrieve the domain controller hostnames in a forest

With this script, you will be able to retrieve the domain controller hostnames in a forest. $myForest = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest() $myforest.Sites | % { $_.Servers } | Select Name, Domain References MSDN Forest Class Properties Name Description ApplicationPartitions Gets a collection