ds commands - need help

nelnel Member Posts: 2,859 ■□□□□□□□□□
cany anyone shed some light on how to learn the ds commands and things like csvde etc? ive read stuff which ive googled, technet, my mspress book, cbt nuggets and i still cannot get it into my head!

can anyone shed some light on how to learn these commands?
or is it not necessary to know them for the exams and just know which are available and for what use?

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  • geekiegeekie Member Posts: 391
    or is it not necessary to know them for the exams

    No, it's very necessary to know these commands for the 290 exam. I had a few questions relating to them if I remember rightly.

    I'd say the best thing to do is just practice using them and you shouldn't have much trouble picking it up.
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  • agustinchernitskyagustinchernitsky Member Posts: 299
    Just know what you can do with them... don't learn them by hard...

    ie "what command would you use to modify a user with least admin effort?"

    dsmod

    ie 2: "You need to modify all users that members of one group, how do you do it with less admin effort?"

    dsquery | dsmod

    ie 3: "You want to know when was the last time a computer account logged on"

    dsget -computer xxx
  • Vogon PoetVogon Poet Member Posts: 291
    I found the Syngress book to be most helpful with these commands.
    dsadd
    dsget
    dsmod
    dsmove
    dsquery
    gpresult
    whoami
    cmdkey
    The trouble some people get into when using them is forgetting to put an object after them. Ask yourself, "What am I trying to dsadd?"
    Ex. dsadd user, dsadd computer, dsadd group
    Using them will get you used to some of the switches and LDAP naming convention so you don't get tripped up on a tricky question.
    Syngress also briefly covers csvde and ldifde.
    Hope that helps. :D
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