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Grant Joslin
Aug 6, 2012, 5:53:30 PM8/6/12
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Hi Everyone,
I'm new to both Google Apps administration and the world of python / powershell scripting. So I am using GAM for the moment to get things done without having to do much coding myself. Special thanks to Jay for providing such a tool free of charge. You have no idea the amount of time it i saving me.
My situation is, that I need to be able to download the users in OU's to be able to then add additional domains / nicknames to these users. Now I know I can just download all users, but how can I divide them up into the right OU's and then append the appropriate domain? I am talking about 150 OU's and about 70,000 users, so I am trying to find the most efficient way. I noticed that when I set a small bunch of groups, modified the settings, then added the group membership, that the script took a long time to complete.
My situation is, that I need to be able to download the users in OU's to be able to then add additional domains / nicknames to these users. Now I know I can just download all users, but how can I divide them up into the right OU's and then append the appropriate domain? I am talking about 150 OU's and about 70,000 users, so I am trying to find the most efficient way. I noticed that when I set a small bunch of groups, modified the settings, then added the group membership, that the script took a long time to complete.
Thanks again for a great script and any advice people can offer.
Grant
Graham Ingleby
Aug 7, 2012, 5:23:10 AM8/7/12
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Hi Grant
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You can use the GAM PRINT USERS command to get a list of users and their OU and send this to a csv file by adding:
you can then use this information to create the alias commands to update the users> filename.csv,
gam print users [firstname] [lastname] [username] [ou] [suspended] [changepassword] [agreed2terms] [admin] [aliases] [groups]
gam create alias <alias> user <user name>
Regards,
Graham
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Grant Joslin
Aug 7, 2012, 4:04:25 PM8/7/12
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Hi Graham,
On Tuesday, 7 August 2012 19:23:10 UTC+10, Graham Ingleby wrote:
On Tuesday, 7 August 2012 19:23:10 UTC+10, Graham Ingleby wrote:
On Tuesday, 7 August 2012 19:23:10 UTC+10, Graham Ingleby wrote:
thanks for that, I totally missed that print users could include OU's etc, and only saw it in info user. This makes life much much easier, I knew I missed something obvious.
Ta,
Grant
On Tuesday, 7 August 2012 19:23:10 UTC+10, Graham Ingleby wrote:
Hi GrantYou can use the GAM PRINT USERS command to get a list of users and their OU and send this to a csv file by adding:you can then use this information to create the alias commands to update the users> filename.csv,
gam print users [firstname] [lastname] [username] [ou] [suspended] [changepassword] [agreed2terms] [admin] [aliases] [groups]gam create alias <alias> user <user name>
Regards,
Graham
On 6 August 2012 22:53, Grant Joslin <grant....@syd.catholic.edu.au> wrote:
Hi Everyone,I'm new to both Google Apps administration and the world of python / powershell scripting. So I am using GAM for the moment to get things done without having to do much coding myself. Special thanks to Jay for providing such a tool free of charge. You have no idea the amount of time it i saving me.
My situation is, that I need to be able to download the users in OU's to be able to then add additional domains / nicknames to these users. Now I know I can just download all users, but how can I divide them up into the right OU's and then append the appropriate domain? I am talking about 150 OU's and about 70,000 users, so I am trying to find the most efficient way. I noticed that when I set a small bunch of groups, modified the settings, then added the group membership, that the script took a long time to complete.Thanks again for a great script and any advice people can offer.
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On Tuesday, 7 August 2012 19:23:10 UTC+10, Graham Ingleby wrote:
Hi GrantYou can use the GAM PRINT USERS command to get a list of users and their OU and send this to a csv file by adding:you can then use this information to create the alias commands to update the users> filename.csv,
gam print users [firstname] [lastname] [username] [ou] [suspended] [changepassword] [agreed2terms] [admin] [aliases] [groups]gam create alias <alias> user <user name>
Regards,
Graham
On 6 August 2012 22:53, Grant Joslin <grant....@syd.catholic.edu.au> wrote:
Hi Everyone,I'm new to both Google Apps administration and the world of python / powershell scripting. So I am using GAM for the moment to get things done without having to do much coding myself. Special thanks to Jay for providing such a tool free of charge. You have no idea the amount of time it i saving me.
My situation is, that I need to be able to download the users in OU's to be able to then add additional domains / nicknames to these users. Now I know I can just download all users, but how can I divide them up into the right OU's and then append the appropriate domain? I am talking about 150 OU's and about 70,000 users, so I am trying to find the most efficient way. I noticed that when I set a small bunch of groups, modified the settings, then added the group membership, that the script took a long time to complete.Thanks again for a great script and any advice people can offer.
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On Tuesday, 7 August 2012 19:23:10 UTC+10, Graham Ingleby wrote:
Hi GrantYou can use the GAM PRINT USERS command to get a list of users and their OU and send this to a csv file by adding:you can then use this information to create the alias commands to update the users> filename.csv,
gam print users [firstname] [lastname] [username] [ou] [suspended] [changepassword] [agreed2terms] [admin] [aliases] [groups]gam create alias <alias> user <user name>
Regards,
Graham
On 6 August 2012 22:53, Grant Joslin <grant....@syd.catholic.edu.au> wrote:
Hi Everyone,I'm new to both Google Apps administration and the world of python / powershell scripting. So I am using GAM for the moment to get things done without having to do much coding myself. Special thanks to Jay for providing such a tool free of charge. You have no idea the amount of time it i saving me.
My situation is, that I need to be able to download the users in OU's to be able to then add additional domains / nicknames to these users. Now I know I can just download all users, but how can I divide them up into the right OU's and then append the appropriate domain? I am talking about 150 OU's and about 70,000 users, so I am trying to find the most efficient way. I noticed that when I set a small bunch of groups, modified the settings, then added the group membership, that the script took a long time to complete.Thanks again for a great script and any advice people can offer.
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Graham Ingleby
Aug 8, 2012, 4:46:14 AM8/8/12
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No problem
That does make me think that, on the project web site, it would make sense to move some/all the CSV output commands to the "managing" section, so all user commands are together? Any thoughts Jay?
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Jay Lee
Aug 8, 2012, 7:40:40 AM8/8/12
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I think it makes sense to leave it as is with CSV reports having their own page, The User/Alias/Group/Calendar Prov Wiki page is already so long that the table of contents nearly flows off the bottom of the initial web page view of the page.
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