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Active Directory Tool

  • 06-08-2008 5:27am
    #1
    Martyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭


    has anyone got a tool or know of a tool that runs on the command line allowing you to supply a formal name, and have it return a user id from the active directory??

    something like: lookup JOHNSON
    and it returns the user ids from multiple domains:

    USER ID for X DOMAIN: john1
    USER ID for Y DOMAIN: john12

    ..etc
    i would write a vbscript, but its slow as hell..hoping there is something already available that someone here has used before.


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  • #2
    Martyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭Martyr


    i found some tools in administrators pack: DSQUERY + DSGET

    First as example, find on current domain my id, joebloggs 
         dsquery user -name joebloggs
   
   "CN=joebloggs,CN=Users,DC=ms,DC=ds,DC=DOMAIN,DC=com"

    Now search SOME.DOMAIN.COM using -d parameter
         dsquery user -name jbloggs -d some.domain.com

    This doesn't return anything because the user id is wrong..
    We can return a list of names that might match this using wildcard.
       dsquery user -name jblo* -d some.domain.com

   "CN=Bloggs Joe,OU=Mail Serv Help Desk,OU=Some Park,DC=SOME,DC=DOMAIN,DC=COM"

    now use DSGET to lookup the user id, copy/paste the above data.
         dsget user "CN=Bloggs Joe,OU=Mail Serv Help Desk,OU=Some Park,DC=SOME,DC=DOMAIN,DC=COM" -samid
   
     samid
     jbloggs2k
   dsget succeeded

    ..it would be cool to have some tool that automates the whole lookup, given the domain to connect to, and a partial user id or name.

    working from the command line..i suppose you could script this anyway.
    but still asking for alternative if available.


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