Free user import tool - password issue

so, let me see if I understand, you could extract from solarwinds all 850 users, but once you importe to AD all are disable and not password set, so the goal is to enable all and set password, then you will create windows groups and create this groups in solarwinds rigth?

First, I am very sorry if what I said seems sometimes unprecise. It's very new and I use Google and IA to help me but I am pretty sure that I will say some stupid things (and english is not my first language).

I can upload all my users with my csv by using the free import user tool from Solarwinds. I tried to put few attributs after I tried with more attributs, for exemple, the userAccountcontrol with the number 512. Nothing is working. After that, I compared two differents account by extracting the information with powershell, both were created with solarwinds and the only difference, was that I manually changed the password from the account 1. The 1 was ok but the second was not enabled.

I askef ChatGPT to analyse the differences and that's what I have:

    1.    PasswordNotRequired (Password Required):
    •    pablo.rico: PasswordNotRequired: False (A password is required).
    •    come.rico: PasswordNotRequired: True (Password is not required).
This means that come.rico does not have a password set, which can be an issue if you expect all users to have a password.
    2.    PasswordExpired (Password Expiration):
    •    pablo.rico: PasswordExpired: False (The password has not expired).
    •    come.rico: PasswordExpired: True (The password is expired).
The password for come.rico is marked as expired, which means the user will not be able to log in until the password is changed.
    3.    PasswordLastSet (Date of Last Password Change):
    •    pablo.rico: PasswordLastSet: 17-08-24 13:09:41 (The password was set recently).
    •    come.rico: PasswordLastSet: (No date is set, indicating that the password has never been properly set).
    4.    userAccountControl (User Account Control Attribute):
    •    pablo.rico: userAccountControl: 512 (The account is active and configured normally).
    •    come.rico: userAccountControl: 544 (The account is active but with the PasswordNotRequired attribute enabled).
Code 544 means that come.rico’s account has the “Password Not Required” attribute enabled, which explains why it does not have a password set.

Sorry, it's very long and thank you for you time!

First, I am very sorry if what I said seems sometimes unprecise. It's very new and I use Google and IA to help me but I am pretty sure that I will say some stupid things (and english is not my first language).

I can upload all my users with my csv by using the free import user tool from Solarwinds. I tried to put few attributs after I tried with more attributs, for exemple, the userAccountcontrol with the number 512. Nothing is working. After that, I compared two differents account by extracting the information with powershell, both were created with solarwinds and the only difference, was that I manually changed the password from the account 1. The 1 was ok but the second was not enabled.

I askef ChatGPT to analyse the differences and that's what I have:

    1.    PasswordNotRequired (Password Required):
    •    pablo.rico: PasswordNotRequired: False (A password is required).
    •    come.rico: PasswordNotRequired: True (Password is not required).
This means that come.rico does not have a password set, which can be an issue if you expect all users to have a password.
    2.    PasswordExpired (Password Expiration):
    •    pablo.rico: PasswordExpired: False (The password has not expired).
    •    come.rico: PasswordExpired: True (The password is expired).
The password for come.rico is marked as expired, which means the user will not be able to log in until the password is changed.
    3.    PasswordLastSet (Date of Last Password Change):
    •    pablo.rico: PasswordLastSet: 17-08-24 13:09:41 (The password was set recently).
    •    come.rico: PasswordLastSet: (No date is set, indicating that the password has never been properly set).
    4.    userAccountControl (User Account Control Attribute):
    •    pablo.rico: userAccountControl: 512 (The account is active and configured normally).
    •    come.rico: userAccountControl: 544 (The account is active but with the PasswordNotRequired attribute enabled).
Code 544 means that come.rico’s account has the “Password Not Required” attribute enabled, which explains why it does not have a password set.

Sorry, it's very long and thank you for you time!

Sorry, coming to this from a sys admin point of view, that's a lot of AD users added as individual accounts, and now you have to manage them in two places. What's stopping you using AD sync with SolarWinds and adding your users to an AD group, that you can then control in one place in SolarWinds from a permissions point of view?

Maybe I wasn't clear but I think that is what I did. I use the free import tool just to import the users in my AD group from csv. After, I use AD to manage all the accounts. I don't have an interface in Solarwinds to manage the users, it's just the tool to import in AD but maybe what I said is not right.

 tobyw_loop1 the AD importer does that. It’s basically a free sample to get you interested in ARM where some more automation is possible. It is a start for the employee/student onboarding process in ARM. 

 socriere- did everything correctly and as intended with the free tool.

Ah, is this for ARM? The topic heading wasn't clear for me...  admins here should probably move the discussion to that Forum. 

noup, the topic is importing solarwinds users to AD 

The tool used here is aimed as a „promotion for ARM“, just like other free tools have the purpose to promote specific paid tools. However the free tools can be used for a specific task without any charge and in this case it is used to create AD users from a CSV file.

I am new here too so maybe I didn't put my question in the good place! sorry if it's the case.

nahh you are good! I'm happy you could resolve the issue! good for you!

Ok perfect! Thank's again for your advice, you saved ma day, my week and my month ;)