Tool to import users and PASSWORDS into AD

[Landon]

I was recently checking the csvde tool, however, it will not allow me to set the passwords. So, can anyone tell me if there is a simple tool that will allow me to import a bulk of names and other information into AD including the passwors? I am now trying to test the LDIFDE tool at the moment. Thanks.

[kattman]

You can easily accomplish it by using a Script. There is someone working on updating the admod so that it will be able to take CSV input to do this but it will not be available for another month or so.

[Janos™]

I think that you will be able to to this with LDIF, but the format for creating the unicodePwd data is a little non-obvious. The attribute is binary, so that it should be specified in Base64. The base64 data is the Unicode encoding of the password surrounded by "". I dont know why this will not work in CSV as well, but I have neved really used the tool and cannot say how it supports binary data. Although script could be easier.

[HELLIAN]

If you want to use LDIFDE to import /change user passwords then you will have to install the certificate server. You can then select to import secure using 636. CSVDE will only let you to create accounts, you will not able to change passwords with it, so download a tool from the microsoft website called Strinconverter. With this tool you will be able to convert password to unicode and back.