Essential SharePoint 2007, 2nd Edition

StsAdm Commands

The StsAdm.exe utility allows Administrators to maintain and modify SharePoint sites through a command-line interface. The StsAdm.exe command-line has the general form:

stsadm.exe -o command -url siteAddress commandParameters

This utility is installed in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN folder. If a command parameter includes a space or other special character, enclose the command parameter in quotation marks. Table B-2 lists the stsadm commands with their uses and parameters.

Table B-2. Stsadm commands

Command	Use to	Parameters
activatefeature	Activate a feature after it has been deployed.	-filename or -name or -id -url -force
addalternatedomain	Create an alternate access mapping.	-url -incomingurl -urlzone -resourcename
addcontentdb	Create a new content database.	-url -databasename -databaseserver -databaseuser -databasepassword -sitewarning -sitemax
addpath	Add a defined path to a virtual server.	-url -type (explicitinclusion or wildcardinclusion)
addpermissionpolicy	Create a new permission policy.	-url -userlogin -permissionlevel -zone -username
addsolution	Add a SharePoint solution package (WSP) to the server's solution store.	-filename -lcid
addtemplate	Add a site template to the template gallery.	-filename -title -description
adduser	Add a user account to the specified site and assign it to the specified site group.	-url -userlogin -useremail -role -username -siteadmin
addwppack	Add a Web Part package to your server Web Part gallery.	-filename ...