DSquery and DSmove

[quinla01]

Hello, I'm trying to query my active directory for disabled accounts and then move them into an OU named "disabled ou".

I've tried the following:

dsquery user -disabled | dsmove -newparent "ou=disabled group,dc=etc,dc=etc,dc=etc"

however i received the following message.

dsmove failed:`CN=blahblah,OU=Disabled group,DC=etc,DC=etc,DC=etc,'is an

unknown parameter.

type dsmove /? for help.

I cant seem to figure it out.

Andy help would be great.

Thanks

Andy

[nmX.Memnoch]

You have to tell dsmove what you're moving.

dsmove "cn=disabled_account,ou=current_ou,dc=etc,dc=etc,dc=etc" -newparent "ou=Disabled Group,dc=etc,dc=etc,dc=etc"

Edited March 6, 2006 by nmX.Memnoch

[quinla01]

So are you telling me it is not possible to pipe the results of a dsquery command into dsmove to move multiple accounts? I have 800 account to move.

Thanks

Andy

[fizban2]

dsquery user -disabled | dsmove user -newparent "ou=disabled group,dc=etc,dc=etc,dc=etc"

memnoch is right you just didn't tell it what you wanted to move but to pipe in the query, just use the user option

[quinla01]

Ahh, i c. I'll give it another go in the morning,

Thanks guys.

Andy

[quinla01]

Given it a try but it doesn't work, tell me the target is incorrect. I've heard of several people having problems piping dsmove, has anyone had any luck doing this?

Thanks

[nmX.Memnoch]

It's probably the space in your OU name. Try these:

dsquery user -disabled | dsmove user -newparent ou="disabled group",dc=etc,dc=etc,dc=etc

dsquery user -disabled | dsmove user -newparent "ou='disabled group',dc=etc,dc=etc,dc=etc"

Another question...is "Disabled Group" under another OU?