Settings

Settings are used in the [Settings] section to provide parameters for some SamAccount commands, to define general static command parameters and to set general SetupBatcher operational settings.

·	SamAccount settings

·	RAS settings

·	General SetupBatcher settings

·	Password generator settings

·	Text generator settings

·	SamAccount username generator settings

·	Print [Data] settings

·	User defined SET settings

·	Linux settings

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SamAccount settings

Used by Account.Create and Account.Edit.

Setting Description Account.Description.Col 1-30 Column in the [Data] section from which description is imported. Maximum description length: 48 characters. "Account.Description.Col=1" and "Account.Description=%col1%" is the same thing. Account.Description Description string Use "Account.Description" to set identical descriptions or to combine descriptions from columns in [Data] during a script. Examples · Account.Description=Same for all   · Account.Description=%col1%   · Account.Description=%col1% %col2%   Account.Disabled Yes | No Disable / Enable accounts Account.Expires YYYY-MM-DD | never | %colX% Use %colX% to import from [Data] section. Account.FullName.Col 1-30 Column in the [Data] section from which full name is imported. Maximum length of full name: 48 characters. "Account.FullName.Col=1" and "Account.FullName=%col1%" is the same thing. Account.FullName Full name string. Use "Account.Description" to set identical full names or to combine full names from columns in [Data] during a script. Examples · Account.Description=Same for all   · Account.Description=%col1%   · Account.Description=%col1% %col2%   Account.HomeDir Full path Each users home directory, usually connected to with the SUBST command. About home directories for different Windows clients. Examples · Account.HomeDir=c:\users   · Account.HomeDir=%servername%\%col1%$   Account.HomeDirDrive Home dir drive letter Account.LogonHours Account to copy setting from Copies logon hours setting from an existing account. Example Account.Password.CannotChange Yes | No Sets / clears "User cannot change password". Account.Password.Col 1-30 Column in the [Data] section from which password is imported. Maximum password length in NT is 14 chars. The password must be at least as long as the minimum length specified in your account policy. Notice: Account.Password.Col is ignored by Account.Edit - Account.Edit does not change password. Account.Password.MustChange Yes | No Sets / clears "User must change password at next logon". Account.Password.NeverExpires Yes | No Sets / clears "Password never expires". Account.ProfilePath User profile path Account.ScriptName Logon script name The logon script is a batch file (usually located in systemroot\system32\repl\import) that, if present, will be executed every time a user logs on. This script can be used to create home dirs, connect network drives, set system time and environment variables etc.

RAS settings

Used by Account.Set.RAS

Setting Description Account.RAS.CallBack No | Bycaller | Preset Account.RAS.CallBack.Phone Preset Phone number Account.RAS.GrantDialin Yes | No

General SetupBatcher settings

Setting Description BatchSettings.AddToValidCharSet Normally, SetupBatcher only allows English characters, but you can add local letters by specifying them here. For more information see the file "noneng.cnu". BatchSettings.AutoRetry 10-86400 Time between retries for auto retry in seconds. 86400 = 60x60x24 = one day. Specify a value to enable auto retry. Remove the setting to disable auto retry. BatchSettings.CheckMachines Yes | No Disables [Machines] section pre-scan. BatchSettings.CommandDelimiter , | ; Command parameter delimiter - the character that is used between parameters in commands. BatchSettings.Debug Yes | No Set to yes to debug a script: · The script is not hidden while running.   · DOS / DOSR: A dialog is displayed before every command. Output from successful commands is also displayed in the log.   · Command line mode: SetupBatcher runs the batch job and remains in GUI mode when finished. %errorlevel% is displayed in the status window but is not returned when the program exits.   BatchSettings.Delimiter TAB | , | ; | : Delimiter for the [Data] section. The TAB character is used in most examples. (It is possible to copy and paste data directly via the clipboard from spreadsheets like Excel when TAB is used.) BatchSettings.ErrorDialogDisable Yes | No Disables the abort / retry / ignore error dialog in GUI mode. This is useful when errors should be handled by the [OnError] section in GUI mode. BatchSettings.IgnoreErrors Yes | No When an error occurs, no error dialog is displayed and the script continues. Errors are still displayed in the log. BatchSettings.LogCommands Yes | No Displays all executed commands in the Log window. BatchSettings.LogToFile 0-3, default 0 · 0 - do not log anything   · 1 - save the log window when the script is finished.   · 2 - save the script when the script is finished.   · 3 - save the log window and the script when the script is finished.   Files are saved in %StartDir%\log BatchSettings.MarkerCol 1-30 [Data] section status column. Used by SetupBatcher for markers. BatchSettings.MarkersAutoRemove Yes | No Yes = automatically remove all markers before the script starts. BatchSettings.UndoCommandsInBatch Yes | No Set to yes to allow mode 3 and 4 [Undo] commands in the [Batch] section.

Password generator settings

Used by Data.Passwords.Generate, GUI: click action > run password generator.

Setting Description Generator.Password.DestCol Password generator destination column. Generator.Password.Random.Chars Random password generator character set. Generator.Password.Random.Len Random password generator password length. Generator.Password.Special.Consonants Pronounceable password generator character set. Generator.Password.Special.File Pronounceable password generator word file 1. One word per row. Generator.Password.Special.File2 Pronounceable password generator word file 2. One word per row. Generator.Password.Special.Format Pronounceable password generator format. Generator.Password.Special.Numbers Pronounceable password generator character set. Generator.Password.Special.Special Pronounceable password generator character set. Generator.Password.Special.Vowels Pronounceable password generator character set.

Text generator settings

GUI: click action > run text generator

Notice: Data.Column.Fill does the same thing but does not use the below settings.

Setting Description Generator.Text Text to fill specified column with. Generator.Text.DestCol Text generator destination column.

SamAccount username generator settings

Used by Data.Usernames.Generate, GUI: click action > run username generator.

Setting Description Generator.UserName.DestCol User name generator destination column.    Generator.Username.Series.Count 1-5000 Number of names to generate. Generator.Username.Series.Prefix 1-14 characters Characters to insert before number. Generator.Username.Special.Format Format: a,b,c,d,e · a=source column   · b=source word   · c=pos (0=start, 128=end),   · d=count   · e=direction (0=forward, 1=backward)   How names should be combined from [Data].

Print [Data] settings

Used by Data.PrintRow, GUI: click action > print data section.

Setting Description Printer.Template Printer template file name.

User defined SET settings

Use the SET command in the [Settings] section for static settings - constants, aliases.

See the script file "general.cnu" for an example of how to use user defined settings.

Linux settings

Setting Description Linux.Version 1-2, default 1 Decides how the Lin.DS.Group.x commands works.