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NET ACCOUNTS / NET GROUP / Net LOCALGROUP

The NET command is used to manage account options and groups.

Syntax NET ACCOUNTS [/FORCELOGOFF:{minutes | NO} ] [/MINPWLENGTH:length] [/MAXPWAGE:{days | UNLIMITED}] [/MINPWAGE:days] [/UNIQUEPW:number] [/DOMAIN] NET GROUP groupname {/ADD [/COMMENT:"text"] | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN] NET LOCALGROUP groupname {/ADD [/COMMENT:"text"] | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN] Edit a group: NET GROUP [groupname [/COMMENT:"text"]] [/DOMAIN] NET LOCALGROUP [groupname [/COMMENT:"text"]] [/DOMAIN] NET GROUP groupname Username [...] {/ADD | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN] NET LOCALGROUP groupname Username [...] {/ADD | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN] Delete a group: NET GROUP groupname /DELETE [/DOMAIN] NET LOCALGROUP groupname /DELETE [/DOMAIN]

LOCALGROUP will create/modify a group that is local to the computer rather than an Active Directory domain-wide group, see Group Types.

Examples

View the current password & logon restrictions for the computer (plus machine role: Server/ Workstation):

NET ACCOUNTS

View the current password & logon restrictions for the domain:

NET ACCOUNTS /DOMAIN

Set the number of minutes a user has before being forced to log out when the account expires or valid logon hours expire:

NET ACCOUNTS /FORCELOGOFF:minutes /DOMAIN

Prevent forced log out when user accounts expire:

NET ACCOUNTS /FORCELOGOFF:NO /DOMAIN

Set the minimum number of characters for a password:

NET ACCOUNTS /MINPWLEN:C /DOMAIN The range is 0-14 characters; the default is 6 characters.

Set the maximum number of days that a password is valid:

NET ACCOUNTS /MAXPWAGE:dd /DOMAIN The range is 1-49710; the default is 90 days.

Change the properties of user account 'Ella' to make the password not required. To reverse this, change 'false' to 'true':

WMIC useraccount where name='Ella' set PasswordRequired=false

Synchoronise the user accounts database (PDC and BDC):

NET ACCOUNTS /SYNC /DOMAIN

Set passwords to never expire:

NET ACCOUNTS /MAXPWAGE:UNLIMITED /DOMAIN

Set a minimum number of days that must pass before a user can change a password (default = 0):

NET ACCOUNTS /MINPWAGE:dd /DOMAIN

Require that new passwords be different from 'x' number of previous passwords:

NET ACCOUNTS /UNIQUEPW:x /DOMAIN The range for 'x' is 1-24

Create a new local group:

NET LOCALGROUP LocalScanningGroup /add

Add the new group to 'guests':

NET LOCALGROUP guests LocalScanningGroup /add

Then remove the group from 'guests':

NET LOCALGROUP guests LocalScanningGroup /delete

And delete the group completely:

NET LOCALGROUP LocalScanningGroup /delete

Related commands

NET USER - Add/Modify user accounts. NET.exe - Manage network resources. NTRIGHTS - Edit user account rights (Logon Locally etc). DSADD - Add user (computer, contact, group..) to active directory. DSMOD - Modify user (computer, contact, group..) in active directory. PRNMNGR - Add, delete, list printers and printer connections. RunAs - Force a password Sync between a local machine and the domain. TSPROF - Copy Terminal Server User Profile. WMIC GROUP - WMI access to Group membership. WMIC USERACCOUNT - WMI access to User info. Q149427 - Change Password using the Settings app. PowerShell: Set-LocalUser - Modify a local user account / Set-adAccountPassword - Modify the password of an AD account. Equivalent bash command (Linux): useradd - Add user account.

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