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Managing User/Group accounts from CLI

Facts
  • myadmin - user account name
  • mypassword - initial password configured for myadmin user
  • mynewpassword - new password configured for myadmin user
  • Administrators - name of local group with administrative privileges

Description Command
Add new local user account net user myadmin mypassword /add
Add user to local Administrators group net localgroup Administrators myadmin /add
Change password of local user account net user myadmin mynewpassword
List local user accounts net user
Show details of specific account net user myadmin
Activate disabled user account net user myadmin /active:yes
List local group accounts net localgroup
Remove user bob from Administrators group net localgroup Administrators myadmin /delete