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KB-4219: How to add a user/computer object to a group using ADEdit?

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10 March,20 at 06:51 AM

Question:

How can an user / computer object be added to an Active Directory group using ADEdit?


Answer:

The recommended way to add an user / computer to an AD group is to use the existing add_user_to_group function in ADEdit.
 
To add an user:

add_user_to_group user group

To add a computer:

add_user_to_group computer group


To use this function, the ade_lib package needs to be loaded first.
 
> package require ade_lib

Note: Failure to load the ade_lib package, will result in an invalid command name error.


If adding a computer to a group, the computer account should be in the following format:
 
computer$@domain

For example, to add computer engcen5 to group MFA Computers, the following commands could be run in the adedit console:
 
>bind centrifyimage.vms <domainAccount>

>package require ade_lib

>add_user_to_group engcen5$@centrifyimage.vms "CN=MFA Computers,OU=Groups,DC=centrifyimage,DC=vms"

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