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Re: Export list of usernames WinNT and Win2K servers
From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:24:41 +0100
On 2004-12-11 systemcracker () gmail com wrote:
In Linux/Unix you can less the passwd file and get a list of all the users their usernames etc and have it be a regular text file. I would like to know if there is some way to get something similar for Windows serverson win2k and XP, you can do this: pull up a command prompt (start>run>cmd) and type dir /b "c:\documents and settings" > c:\myfile.txt this will output all usernames to c:\myfile.txt it should work on NT and 2kserver.
It will work only on 2k, not on NT, since the latter creates the user profiles in %SystemRoot%\profiles. However, this is not what the OP asked for anyway, because it will give just a list of local user profiles on that box, domain profiles may reside in a completely different folder. Plus the list may contain users that were already deleted (though their profiles were not) as well as omit users, that haven't logged in for the first time (thus not having their profile created). "net user" is the command to go with. Regards Ansgar Wiechers -- "Those who would give up liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety, and will lose both." --Benjamin Franklin
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- Re: Export list of usernames WinNT and Win2K servers q q (Dec 13)