Change a user's ID (UID)

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003 R2

To change a user's ID (UID)

  1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.

  2. In the console tree, click the Users folder.

  3. In the details pane, right-click the user you want to administer, and then click Properties.

  4. Click the UNIX Attributes tab.

  5. In the UID box, type the new user identifier (UID) for the user.

  6. To save the changes and keep the dialog box open, click Apply. To save the changes and close the dialog box, click OK.

Note

There is no command-line method for this procedure. To open Active Directory Users and Computers, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.

See Also

Concepts

Managing NIS users
Add a user to an NIS domain
Change a user's default shell
Change a user's home directory
Edit passwd, group, and host map entries using Active Directory Users and Computers
Propagate changed maps now
Managing standard and nonstandard NIS maps