Manage UNIX related attribute w/o installing Server for NIS or through script in windows 2008

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We do get a lot of customer who would like to manage the UNIX related attribute from ADUC. This can be done once we install Server for NIS which creates a new tab “Unix attribute tab”. UNIX related attributes can be managed (populated/ updated) from this tab. But then customers do have reservation installing NIS and making the windows box as NIS master. The other alternative was populating the attribute through script. But again admins who are not very “script-savvy” will not prefer this. So the best and recommended way to manage the UNIX attributes would be using the new “Attribute Editor Tab” on Windows 2008. BTW, Attribute Editor tab is not visible by default J

1. Open ADUC

2. From the view menu – check the option Advance features

3. Now open the user properties and you will get a tab called Attribute editor

4. From here you can manage the Unix attributes (UID, uidNumber, gidNumber, home directory, login shell….) for the user.

5. Refer to the image below

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