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

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, 200620 yr by nmX.Memnoch

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

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

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

Thanks guys.

Andy

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

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?