https://rdr-it.com/en/tag/user/System administration, virtualization, security and tools for IT professionals.en-USTue, 13 Oct 2026 10:43:53 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/exchange-hide-users-in-an-organizational-unit-from-the-address-book/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/exchange-hide-users-in-an-organizational-unit-from-the-address-book/In a company that manages an on-premises Exchange installation, it is common practice to keep the accounts of users who leave the company active for a few weeks after …https://rdr-it.com/en/active-directory-deleting-a-user-using-powershell/Wed, 27 May 2026 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/active-directory-deleting-a-user-using-powershell/In this tutorial, we’ll look at how to delete a user from an Active Directory directory using PowerShell. At first glance, this is fairly easy using the cmdlet …https://rdr-it.com/en/active-directory-create-a-user-with-powershell/Wed, 18 Jun 2025 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/active-directory-create-a-user-with-powershell/This “how to” tutorial explains how to create users in Active Directory using the New-ADUser cmdlet in PowerShell Create a user in Active Directory with PowerShell …https://rdr-it.com/en/gpo-run-powershell-script-at-logon/Wed, 26 Feb 2025 05:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/gpo-run-powershell-script-at-logon/In this tutorial, I will show you how to run a PowerShell script at user logon using Group Policy (GPO) in an Active Directory environment. Before you begin this …https://rdr-it.com/en/glpi-10-link-with-an-active-directory/Wed, 08 Jan 2025 05:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/glpi-10-link-with-an-active-directory/Presentation In this tutorial, I will explain how to link GLPI 10 with an Active Directory to allow users to log in with their domain account. This link will allow you to …https://rdr-it.com/en/configure-roaming-profiles-in-an-active-directory-environment/Wed, 10 Jul 2024 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/configure-roaming-profiles-in-an-active-directory-environment/Presentation In this tutorial, I will explain how to set up roaming profiles for your users in an Active Directory environment. When I started working (already a few …https://rdr-it.com/en/nextcloud-configure-the-ldap-active-directory-link/Wed, 15 May 2024 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/nextcloud-configure-the-ldap-active-directory-link/In this new tutorial dedicated to Nextcloud, I will explain to you how to link Nextcloud and an Active Directory or LDAP directory. Linking to an external directory …https://rdr-it.com/en/proxmox-delegate-authorizations-to-users/Wed, 10 Apr 2024 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/proxmox-delegate-authorizations-to-users/In this tutorial, we will see how to delegate actions to a user on a virtual machine using roles. Proxmox is a complete hypervisor that allows you to manage …https://rdr-it.com/en/active-directory-retrieve-the-base-dn-distinguishedname-attribute-of-an-object/Wed, 06 Mar 2024 05:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/active-directory-retrieve-the-base-dn-distinguishedname-attribute-of-an-object/In this tutorial, I will explain how to retrieve the base DN also called distinguishedName in an Active Directory. This attribute is often used to configure LDAP/Active …https://rdr-it.com/en/how-to-display-the-list-of-users-on-linux-from-the-command-line/Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/how-to-display-the-list-of-users-on-linux-from-the-command-line/ How to display the list of users on Linux from the command line? Use the command: sudo cat /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f1 to list users in the file /etc/passwd The easiest …https://rdr-it.com/en/active-directory-mass-change-the-option-the-user-cannot-change-the-password/Wed, 13 Oct 2021 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/active-directory-mass-change-the-option-the-user-cannot-change-the-password/You want to increase the security level of your Active Directory environment, but historically the option: User cannot change password was enabled. The script below …https://rdr-it.com/en/ubuntu-create-a-user-and-add-it-to-the-sudo-group/Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/ubuntu-create-a-user-and-add-it-to-the-sudo-group/Small memo to create a user on Ubuntu and add it to the sudo group: sudo adduser NomUtilisateur Enter the password for the current user (sudo) if necessary, then enter …https://rdr-it.com/en/office-365-import-users-with-csv-and-powershell-file/Wed, 04 Aug 2021 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/office-365-import-users-with-csv-and-powershell-file/In this article, I’ll walk you through how to bulk import users into Office 365 with the use of PowerShell and the use of a csv file. In certain cases, it is not possible …https://rdr-it.com/en/active-directory-password-policy-pso/Mon, 08 Jun 2020 04:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/active-directory-password-policy-pso/This tutorial explains how to configure password policies in Active Directory with Password Setting Objects (PSO).https://rdr-it.com/en/gpo-configure-automatic-session-locking/Wed, 11 Mar 2020 05:30:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/gpo-configure-automatic-session-locking/In this tutorial, we will see how to enable automatic session locking after an inactivity period by GPO in an Active Directory environment. This group policy helps …https://rdr-it.com/en/change-password-from-the-interface-rdweb/Mon, 23 Dec 2019 12:51:22 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/change-password-from-the-interface-rdweb/Presentation In this tutorial, I will explain how to allow users to change their passwords using the Web Access portal available in a deployment of an RDS farm . To allow …https://rdr-it.com/en/gpo-folder-redirection-advanced-settings/Thu, 21 Nov 2019 17:33:00 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/gpo-folder-redirection-advanced-settings/Introduction In a previous tutorial: GPO: User Folder Redirection , I explained how to redirect user folders using Group Policy in a simple way. In this article, we are …https://rdr-it.com/en/gpo-user-folder-redirection/Thu, 21 Nov 2019 13:51:06 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/gpo-user-folder-redirection/Presentation User Folder Redirection allows Windows to store the contents of certain user profile folders on a network location. This solution has the following …https://rdr-it.com/en/rds-reduce-the-logon-time/Fri, 06 Sep 2019 02:00:50 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/rds-reduce-the-logon-time/Introduction Before I explain how to optimize the opening of sessions on your RDS servers, I will explain the operation. By default, since Windows XP, the group policy …https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-force-password-change-of-users-in-an-ou/Tue, 16 Jul 2019 02:00:39 +0000https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-force-password-change-of-users-in-an-ou/The following script allows you to force the password change at the next logon. # Removing the password not expiring Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase …