Eagle_f91 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello, I need a bit of help understanding two functions in the Win32::NetAdmin module. I want to use it to add a new user to my Windows 2008 server but my problem is the cpan page for the module is a bit vague for me. What it says is this: 
UserCreate(server, userName, password, passwordAge, privilege, homeDir
+, comment, flags, scriptPath) 
Creates a user on server with password, passwordAge, privilege, homeDi
+r, comment, flags, and scriptPath.

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No more mention of the command is used. I understand what "server, UserName, password" would be but can anyone give me more details as to what the rest are and if there optional or not? Thanks so much.

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Re: Need help understanding Win32:NetAdmin
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 10, 2009 at 16:40 UTC
    win32 netadmin UserCreate:

    Win32 Perl - The Perl Journal, Fall 1997

    Just a few notes about the Win32::NetAdmin::UserCreate() function shown above: $Domain can be a domain name, a server or an empty string (the default domain); $PasswordAge is ignored and will not be used; the privilege must be USER_PRIV_USER (administrator privileges are assigned by group membership); and for the flags you must at specify at least these two flags ORed together: UF_NORMAL_ACCOUNT and UF_SCRIPT. Other flags that you can use are: 
            UF_ACCOUNTDISABLE        Disable the account 
    UF_PASSWD_NOTREQD        No password is required 
    UF_PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE    User can't change the password

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      Thanks but what about homeDir and comment? Also I don't have any scripts to be ran by the user so would I just leave it an empty script or would that screw up the login?
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        This are fields that can be set for Windows users. If you leave them empty it should not be a problem for you.

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