View password and logon requirements for the network domain. NET ACCOUNTS /DOMAIN Set the number of minutes a user has before being forced to log off when the account expires or valid logon hours expire NET ACCOUNTS /FORCELOGOFF:minutes /DOMAIN Prevent forced logoff 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. 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 Synchoronise the user accounts database (PDC and BDC) NET ACCOUNTS /SYNC /DOMAIN View user account details NET USER [/DOMAIN] Add a user account. NET USER username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN] Modify a user account. NET USER [username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN] Delete a username NET USER username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN] Generate a random password: NET USER administrator /random Add a Workgroup NET GROUP groupname /ADD [/COMMENT:"text"] [/DOMAIN] Edit a workgroup NET GROUP [groupname [/COMMENT:"text"]] [/DOMAIN] Delete a group NET GROUP groupname /DELETE [/DOMAIN] Add a user to a group NET GROUP groupname username [...] /ADD [/DOMAIN] Delete a user from a group NET GROUP groupname username [...] /DELETE [/DOMAIN] To View, Add or modify a local workgroup replace GROUP in the commands above with LOCALGROUP. Examples Create a group C:\>NET LOCALGROUP spud /add Add to guests C:\>NET LOCALGROUP guests spud /add Then remove C:\>NET LOCALGROUP guests spud /delete C:\>NET LOCALGROUP spud /delete

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