diff --git a/examples/scripts/users_and_groups/addusertogroups.pl b/examples/scripts/users_and_groups/addusertogroups.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+
+my $dc 		= "192.168.45.44";
+my $adminuser 	= "administrator";
+my $adminpw 	= "geheim";
+my $maxgroups 	= 5000;
+my $startgroup  = 0;
+my $rpccli_cmd	= "/usr/bin/rpcclient";
+my $testuser	= "testgroups";
+
+for (my $num = $startgroup; $num <= $maxgroups; ++$num) {
+	my $group = sprintf "%s%.05d", "group", $num;
+	print "adding user $testuser to group $group\n";
+	system("net rpc -I $dc -U$adminuser\%$adminpw group addmem $group $testuser");
+}