How to create a never expiring password & user via net user through .bat file

I am using a .bat file to create a user and password at windows operating system level.

The issue am facing is when i pass EXPIRES:NEVER for password, when the user is created, it doesn't have "Password never expires" checkbox checked (meaning the password never expires is selected for that created user) and the user expires automatically after 90 days.

Net User %1 %2 /COMMENT:"%3" /EXPIRES:NEVER /PASSWORDCHG:NO /ADD

The above is the main line of code, i pass user name and password from a text file and run the .bat file.

Solution 1:

Add this line to the batch file:

WMIC USERACCOUNT WHERE "Name='%1'" SET PasswordExpires=FALSE

Solution 2:

The option /expires is for account, not for password, check the command help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/251394/en-us

From the documentation: "Causes the user account to expire if you specify the date."

Solution 3:

The net user command can be used on local as well as domain accounts. Use the /domain switch for domain accounts.

For example, to see the information for domain user %1, use

net user %1 /domain

The full list of net user options is listed here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/251394

Solution 4:

Single AD user

For active directory users, you can use the dsmod command to change it for a single user:

dsmod user "CN=username,OU={User Org Unit},DC... etc" -pwdneverexpires yes

Multiple AD users

If you want to bulk set this property, you can do it for an entire organizational unit (OU) by using a the above in combination with dsquery.

First, to list all the users in a OU (this is safe to run, because it only outputs a list of users):

dsquery user "OU={your target OU},DC={your domain},DC={your domain extension}"

Then, assuming you are happy with the output of the above command, you can pipe it to dsmod like so:

dsquery user "OU={your target OU},DC={your domain},DC={your domain extension}" | dsmod user -pwdneverexpires yes

Some more info, with screenshots, here: http://www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0000532.htm