Show locked-out accounts

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Is there a way to make AD show locked out accounts the way
NT4 Server Manager did? Looking for a way to tell at a
glance if any accounts are locked out. Thanks.
 
There's no GUI based format with the built-in tools however on the 2003
platform MS did implement it as an additional download. Unless 3rd party
vendors have a GUI for it you'll have to revert to scripting.

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Thanks,
Richard Moreno
MCSE NT4\2000, MCSA 2000

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Thanks.
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There's no GUI based format with the built-in tools however on the 2003
platform MS did implement it as an additional download. Unless 3rd party
vendors have a GUI for it you'll have to revert to scripting.

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Thanks,
Richard Moreno
MCSE NT4\2000, MCSA 2000

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.






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You don't need a download for Windows Server 2003 to check this. The new
Saved Queries function in AD Users & Computers has a built in query to show
all locked out/disabled accounts and this lists them all in the MMC window,
very useful indeed.
 
And I forgot to mention, if you install a Windows Server 2003 member server
in a Windows 2000 domain and then install the admin tools this new feature
will be available to you. Not all the queries work on a 2000 domain but this
one does.
 
They have disabled but I don't think they have locked out, but it has been a bit since I looked.
 
Server Manager didn't show locked out user ids.

However if you want the quickest way to find all locked out accounts in a domain, check out unlock which is on the free
win32 tools page of www.joeware.net. It is a command line tool that is the fastest method you will find to get a list of
locked out IDs.

joe
 
Ah, you're right. Some of my accounts were locked out and disabled which
caught me out. It shouldn't be too difficult to create a custom query for
account lockouts so they can be viewed in ADU&C, should just be a case of
copying the query string for disabled accounts and changing =2 to =16, if
I'm reading this MSDN article right!
 
It isn't right. You have to do a complex calculation on the lockoutTime attribute. Google for this and you will find
tons of posts.

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Joe Richards
www.joeware.net
 
They have disabled but I don't think they have locked out, but it has been a bit since I looked.
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Hi Joe,

you are right that the saved queries do not provide the locked out users as
predefined, but it's possible to create a standard LDAP-Query showing the
information:
new query -> define query -> select "custom search" from the drop-down list ->
Advanced tab.

A query for locked out users would be
(&(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=User)(lockoutTime>=1))

cause:
lockoutTime = <not set> : user has never locked himself out
lockoutTime = 0 : user has been unlocked by an administrator
lockoutTime = any number: user is locked, attribute states the time

Gruesse - Sincerely,

Ulf B. Simon-Weidner
 
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