Getting detailed domain user info from the command line

I had a need the other day to find out if and when my domain account was expiring and a friend of mine offered this command:

C:\>net user billyg /domain

Running that command gives you something like this:

The request will be processed at a domain controller for domain fakedomain.com.

User name                    billyg
Full Name                    Bill Gates
Comment
User's comment
Country code                 (null)
Account active               Yes
Account expires              Never

Password last set            12/1/2008 9:30 AM
Password expires             Never
Password changeable          9/25/2001 8:15 AM
Password required            Yes
User may change password     Yes

Workstations allowed         All
Logon script
User profile
Home directory
Last logon                   1/4/2009 2:04 PM

Logon hours allowed          All

Local Group Memberships      *Administrators
Global Group memberships     *Domain Admins        *Domain Users
The command completed successfully.

 

When you’re a consultant like myself and have a bunch of different domain accounts, it can be a helpful command.

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DNS cache on Windows

There have been a number of times when I’ve wanted to know what exactly is in my system’s DNS cache (creating new subdomains, messing with hosts file, etc.). Here’s the trick in Windows to seeing it. Read the rest of this entry »

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