A. To delete the accounts listed in the file that I created in the FAQ, "How can I create a file that contains all user profiles that were created before a specific date?" (FAQ), ), I first created a text file that included information in the following format:
|\[optional info after the pipe\] |\[optional info after the pipe\]
etc.
For example:
CN=test1,OU=testing,DC=demo,DC=local|6/2/2004 10:59:32 PM CN=test2,OU=testing,DC=demo,DC=local|6/2/2004 10:55:14 PM
A pipe character (|) must follow the account's distinguished name (DN); the script ignores what follows the pipe.
I then wrote the delusersfromfile.vbs script, which deletes the accounts listed in the file. You can download the script at Code. Save the script as delusersfromfile.vbs. Remember to modify the script to include information specific to your installation.
Option Explicit
Dim strFilePath, objFSO, objFilesTarget, sUser, objParent, sLine, aLine, _
sDN, oUser
' Check that all required arguments have been passed.
If Wscript.Arguments.Count required. For example:" & vbCrLf _
& "cscript delusersfromfile.vbs c:\temp\UserList.txt"
Wscript.Quit(0)
End If
strFilePath = Wscript.Arguments(0)
Const ForReading = 1
Set objFSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
Set objFilesTarget = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFilePath,ForReading,True)
Do While objFilesTarget.AtEndOfStream True
sLine = objFilesTarget.ReadLine
aLine = split(sline, "|",-1,1)
sDN = aLine(0)
On Error Resume Next
sUser = "LDAP://" & sDN
wscript.echo sUser
Set oUser = GetObject(sUser)
Set objParent = GetObject(oUser.parent)
objParent.Delete "User", (oUser.Name)
Loop
Set oUser = Nothing
To run delusersfromfile.vbs, at a command prompt enter
cscript delusersfromfile.vbs c:\temp\list.txt
You'll see output on screen that's similar to this:
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved. LDAP://CN=test1,OU=testing,DC=demo,DC=local LDAP://CN=test2,OU=testing,DC=demo,DC=local
After executing delusersfromfile.vbs, you could run a script to verify whether the accounts have been deleted. For example, you could run the listusersolder.vbs script that I discuss in "How can I create a file that contains all user profiles that were created before a specific date?"; the list that the script outputs should be empty of old accounts.
