Windows server добавить пользователя через командную строку

Adding users from command line is much easier rather than going through UI. It saves lot of time for Windows admins to add users in bulk using CLI commands/script. Net user command  is the one that Windows users can use to manage user accounts, read on to know how to add users from CMD.

To add a new user account on local computer:

net user username password /ADD

Example: To add a new user account with the loginid John and with password fadf24as

net user John fadf24as /ADD

Hide password

If you do not want the password to be visible while adding new user account, you can use ‘*’ as shown below.

C:\>net user /add John *
Type a password for the user: 
Retype the password to confirm:
The command completed successfully.
C:\>

To add a new user account to the domain:

net user username password /ADD /DOMAIN

Note that the command does not include the name of the domain, it automatically adds to the domain the computer belongs to.

Example:

net user John fadf24as /ADD /DOMAIN

Rename a user account

Net use command does not have any switches to rename a user account.  But we can do that using wmic commands. Please check this – Rename user accounts on Windows

Few more advanced uses of net user command.

To set user full name while creating the user account

net user username password /ADD /FULLNAME:"User_Fullname"

To allow user to change password:

net user username password /ADD /PASSWORDCHG:Yes

To restrict user not to change the password:

net user username userpasswd /ADD /PASSWORDCHG:NO

To set account expiry time we can use /EXPIRES switch. This can also be used to set that the account never expires.

To specify if the user must  have a password set we can use /PASSWORDREQ switch. For more information on all net user options, read this – Net user command: syntax and examples

How to create a new administrator account?

An administrator account can’t be created directly.  We first need to create a user account and then add the user to the administrators group.

Errors:

1. If you don’t have privileges to add new user account to the system, you would get an error like below.

   C:\>net user John /add
   System error 5 has occurred.
   Access is denied.
   C:\>

2. While adding user to domain, make sure that your computer is connected to the domain. Otherwise it throws up below error.

   C:\>net user testuser testpassword /ADD /DOMAIN
   The request will be processed at a domain controller for domain mydomain.com.
   System error 1355 has occurred.
   The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.

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The command Net User allows you to manage your local and even your domain users from the command line. It’s mainly used to quickly add, delete or disable user accounts from the command line. But it can do more than just that. The tool can be used in both command prompt and PowerShell.

For managing domain users, I recommend using the PowerShell ActiveDirectory module. It comes with more options and allows you to filter, copy and search users and set or change all properties. But as mentioned, you can also perform basic tasks with the Net User command for domain users.

In this article, we are going to take a closer look at the Net User command. I will explain how you can add, and remove accounts, change passwords, and more.

The Net User command is a command-line utility that you can run in any terminal on Windows. But to use it you will need to have Administrator permissions on the computer. Without it, you won’t be able to create new user accounts for example. Also, make sure that you open Windows PowerShell or Windows Terminal in Admin mode.

Note

If you get the error “System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied” Then you haven’t start the command prompt or PowerShell with administrator privileges.

The most important parameters of the Net User command are:

List all users

When you enter the command Net User without any parameters, then it will list all user accounts on the computer. If you run the command on the Domain Controller, then it will list all domain accounts.

Net User

# Or you can also type
Net Users

In the first screenshot above you will see the results on a local computer, the second one are all the users from the local domain.

When you specify the username you will see all the details from the user account

# Get the user details for Zoe Tucker
net user ztucker

Картинка с сайта: lazyadmin.nl

Net User Add Account

The Net User command can be used to create new user accounts on your computer and in your domain. To create a user account you will need to add the /add parameter and specify the username. A password is by default not required on a local computer. For domain accounts, however, you will need to specify the password as well.

# Create a new local user account with the login name lazyadmin
Net User /Add lazyadmin

For entering the password you have two options, you can type it in plain text in the command line or use the * which will show you a prompt to enter the password.

# Create a new domain user with username testusr and passswd123
Net User /add /domain testusr passwd123

# Prompt for the password
Net User /add /domain testusr *

Картинка с сайта: lazyadmin.nl

The new domain user is placed in the built-in OU “Users”.

When creating a user we can also specify login details, home directory path, etc of the user. I will explain each command later in the article. But to give you an idea of the possible options, we are going to create a user with the following details:

• Username: testusr
• Password: prompt
• Full name: Test User
• Password required: yes
• Allowed to login between: Monday to Friday between 08:00 and 17:00
• Home folder directory: \\lazyadmin.local\home\testusr
• Script path: \\lazyadmin.local\netlogon\welcome.bat

Net User /add /domain testusr * /fullname:"Test User" /passwordreq:yes /time:M-F,08:00-17:00 /homedir:"\\lazyadmin.local\home\testusr" /scriptpath:"\\lazyadmin.local\netlogon\welcome.bat"

Net User Delete User Account

We can also use the command line tool to delete user accounts, both local and from the domain. For this, you will need to use the parameter /delete and enter the username. Important to note is that the command tool won’t ask for confirmation. So be careful when using the delete option.

# Delete the local user Lazyadmin
Net User /delete lazyadmin

# Delete a domain user
Net User /delete /domain testusr

Net User Change or Set Password

One of the common tasks for an IT Helpdesk is to reset a user’s password. Of course, you can reset the password in the Active Directory. But it’s also possible with the command Net User. Resetting passwords is not limited to domain accounts, you can also use this method for local computer accounts.

# Set the password for LazyAdmin to passwd123
Net User LazyAdmin passwd123

# Pormpt for the new password
Net User LazyAdmin *

# Reset the password for the domain user tesusr
Net User /domain testusr *

Enable or Disable User accounts

We can also use the command-line tool to enable and disable accounts. This is particularly useful when a user is locked out or when you quickly need to disable an account. To do this we are going to use the parameter /Active:yes|no

# Disable local account
Net User lazyadmin /active:no

# Disable domain user account
Net User tesusr /Domain /Active:no

Set Expire date for User Account

If you know the data that an employee leaves the organization then it’s a good idea to set the expired date for the account. This way the account is automatically locked after the specified data. The date format depends on your region settings, but the options are:

• MM/DD/YYYY
• DD/MM/YYYY
• mmm,dd,YYYY

Account expiration settings are not limited to a domain account, you can also set the expired date on a local Windows 10 or 11 user account.

# Set expire date for local user
Net User lazyadmin /expires:21/09/2022

# Set expire data for domain user
Net User testusr /domain /expires:09/20/2022

Set login times for User Account

Some accounts are only allowed to be used between specific hours, office hours for example. We can specify these hours with the /time parameter. To specify the time we will need to enter the days and hours between the account is allowed to log in.

You can use different notions for the days and hours (12-hour or 24-hour notation), and we can specify multiple time blocks by separating them with the semi-column ;.

# Allow login during office hours only
Net User lazyadmin /time:M-F,08:00-17:00

# Or in 12-hour notation
Net User lazyadmin /time:M-F,8am-5pm

# Specify multiple blocks
Net User lazyadmin /time:M,08:00-17:00;W,08:00-13:00;F,08:00-17:00

Net User Password settings

When you create a new account you can set a password for the account as well. But when it comes to passwords we have two other interesting parameters, passwordchg and passwordreg. The first determines if the user can change the password. This setting is really useful for kiosk accounts. The user can’t change the password when this is set to no.

# User lazyadmin can't change it's password
net user lazyadmin /passwordchg:no

The parameter passwordreg is used to specify it a user account must have a password. If this is set to no, then the user can remove their password, making the device vulnerable.

net user lazyadmin /passwordreg:yes

Home Directory Path

The last parameter that I want to mention is the home directory path. If you want to store the home directory of the user on a network share then you can set the path to the folder with the parameter /homedir. But make sure that the full path, including the user’s folder, exists.

# Set the home directory for testusr
net user testusr homedir:"\\lazyadmin.local\home\testusr"

Wrapping Up

The Net User command is great when wanting to quickly enable or disable a user account or reset a password. Also, it’s great to manage local computer accounts on small networks. When working with domain accounts I prefer to use the Active Directory module in PowerShell.

I hope you found this article useful, if you have any questions, just drop a comment below.

This article describes how to use the net user command in Windows. Included on this page are the various net user switches and some examples of the net user command that you can adapt for your own commands.

Net User Command Syntax

net user [username [password | *] [/add] [options]] [/domain]] [username [/delete] [/domain]] [/help] [/?]

[1] Windows 98 and Windows 95 only support passwords up to 14 characters long. If you’re creating an account that might be used from a computer with one of those versions of Windows, consider keeping the password length within the requirements for those operating systems.

The following options are to be used where options is noted in the net user command syntax above:

[2] The default home directory is C:\Users\[username]\ in Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista. In Windows XP, the default home directory is C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\. For example, if the user account on a Windows 11 tablet is named «Tim,» the default home directory created when the account was first set up was C:\Users\Tim\.

Net User Command Examples

Below are a few ways you might use this command.

Get the Full List of Users

This first example of the net user command shows that in its simplest form (enter net user), it will produce a list of all the users on the computer, much like this:

 Administrator            DefaultAccount           Extra
Guest                    jonfi                    WDAGUtilityAccount

This computer has over a dozen user accounts, so they’re separated into multiple columns.

Examine One User

 net user administrator

In the above net user example, the command produces all the details on the administrator user account. Here’s an example of what might display:

 User name                    Administrator
Full Name
Comment                      Built-in account for administering the computer/domain
User's comment
Country/region code          000 (System Default)
Account active               No
Account expires              Never

Password last set            8/24/2020 1:21:25 PM
Password expires             Never
Password changeable          8/24/2020 1:21:25 PM
Password required            Yes
User may change password     Yes

Workstations allowed         All
Logon script
User profile
Home directory
Last logon                   11/9/2021 11:48:13 AM

Logon hours allowed          All

Local Group Memberships      *Administrators
Global Group memberships     *None

As you can see, all the details for that user on this computer are listed.

Change When a User Can Log In

 net user rodriguezr /times:M-F,7AM-4PM;Sa,8AM-12PM

Here’s an example where the rodriguezr account is having its login days and times changed.

Make a New User

 net user nadeema r28Wqn90 /add /comment:"Basic user account." /fullname:"Ahmed Nadeem" /logonpasswordchg:yes /workstations:jr7tww,jr2rtw /domain

We thought we’d throw the kitchen sink at you with this one. This is the kind of net user application you might never do at home, but you might very well see in a script published for a new user by the IT department in a company.

Here, we’re setting up a new user account with the name nadeema, and setting the initial password as r28Wqn90. This is a standard account in our company, which we note in the account itself [/comment:»Basic user account.«], and is the new Human Resources executive, Ahmed [/fullname:»Ahmed Nadeem«].

We want Ahmed to change his password to something he won’t forget, so we want him to set his own the first time he logs on [/logonpasswordchg:yes]. Also, Ahmed should only have access to the two computers in the Human Resources office [/workstations:jr7twwr,jr2rtwb]. Finally, our company uses a domain controller [/domain], so Ahmed’s account should be set up there.

As you can see, the net user command can be used for a lot more than simple user account adds, changes, and removals. We configured several advanced aspects of Ahmed’s new account right from Command Prompt.

Delete a User

 net user nadeema /delete

Now, we’ll finish off with an easy one. Ahmed [nadeema] didn’t work out as the latest HR member, so he was let go, and his account removed [/delete].

Net User Command Availability

The net user command is available from within the Command Prompt in most versions of Windows including Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server operating systems, and some older versions of Windows, too.

Net User Related Commands

The net user command is a subset of the net command and so is similar to its sister commands like net use, net time, net send, net view, etc.

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