Adding a user in Active Directory using dsadd

On any computer, that has DNS configured to use AD's DNS server do:

• Start -> Run -> nslookup

  set type=all
  _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.DOMAIN_NAME
  

Replace DOMAIN_NAME with the actual domain name e.g. example.com. Read more here.

At my previous job, I recall being able to use the old 'mkdir' command to create folders in my powershell scripts, but to start I would suggest quoting your path and testing with an echo/write-host at first. Try this, just to test:

write-host "\\${file_server}\home$\${user_name}"

I don't have access to a Windows machine to test, but I'm guessing the '$' may also be an issue.

try this with a back-tick to try and escape the $:

write-host "\\${file_server}\home`$\${user_name}"

and don't continue, until you know that the string is to your liking. I don't think you need the -prompt in your read-host, though it's probably not an issue. write-hosting is always a nice sanity-check.

I hope to get access to a Windows machine soon so I can provide better help.

Also, if interested, you could provide the username as a parameter at the top of the program, so you can either repeatedly call the script from another that reads names from a file of $file_server, $user_name pairs. Just plop a param( [string] $file_server, [string] $user_name )

Good luck! :)