Old value when doing an update user

Question

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When updating a user account, in case of username's change, I would like to run a script with variables like the old username value and the new one.
I do not see how to call the old value.
Is it possible?

Thank's in advance,
Yoann

Answer 1

Hello Yoann,

Yes, this is possible. Here's a sample:

$oldValue = $Context.TargetObject.Get("sAMAccountName")
$newValue = $Context.GetModifiedPropertyValue("sAMAccountName")

Please, keep in mind that such a script should be run before updating a user account. After you update the account, both the $oldValue and the $newValue will contain the current username.

Comments

I think this is for Powershell scripts.

Is there the same for DOS ?

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Hello Yoann,

What do you mean by 'DOS'? Do you want to use these values to run an external program? Please, describe in more detail what you are trying to accomplish.

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Finally, it's ok.

I've done this :

$oldValue = $Context.TargetObject.Get("sAMAccountName")
$newValue = $Context.GetModifiedPropertyValue("sAMAccountName")
$path = "\\FILER\home_users$\"
if (Test-Path $path$oldValue)
    {
        C:\xxxxxx\Rename_HomeDir.cmd $oldValue $newValue
    }

In Rename_HomeDir.cmd file, I just have a rename DOS command.

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Hello Yoann,

This will work OK.

However, take a look at the Rename User Home Directory built-in Business Rule. It does approximately the same. We think, this is a better option.

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I've seen this option but for particular reasons, we do not use the home directory attribute but a special one that we created by a schema extension.

Thanks for your help.

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Try this one. This will do without the .cmd file.

$oldValue = $Context.TargetObject.Get("sAMAccountName")
$newValue = $Context.GetModifiedPropertyValue("sAMAccountName")
$path = "\\FILER\home_users$\"
if (Test-Path $path$oldValue)
    {
        Rename-Item $path+$oldValue $newValue
    }

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Hello,

Yes, it's easier.
Thanks