LDAP DNs and all attributes are case-insensitive by default. It is possible to define an attribute as case-sensitive in the schema, but this is rare, and it is also possible to override the default comparison rules, but again this is rare.
You can!!! In short use this as the connection string: ldap://<host>:3268/DC=<my>,DC=<domain>?cn together with your search filter, e.g. (&(sAMAccountName={0})(&((objectCategory=person)(objectclass=user)(mail=*)(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2))(memberOf:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=CN=<some-special-nested-group>,OU=<ou3>,OU=<ou2>,OU=<ou1>,DC=<dc3>,DC=<dc2>,DC=<dc1>)))) That will search in the so called Global Catalog, that had been available out-of-the-box in our environment. Instead of the known/common other versions (or combinations thereof) that did NOT work in our environment with multiple OUs: ldap://<host>/DC=<my>,DC=<domain> … Read more
AD Powershell module should be listed under installed Features. See image: .
The short answer is “yes”. A sample ldapsearch command to query an Active Directory server is: ldapsearch \ -x -h ldapserver.mydomain.example \ -D “mywindowsuser@mydomain.example” \ -W \ -b “cn=users,dc=mydomain,dc=com” \ -s sub “(cn=*)” cn mail sn This would connect to an AD server at hostname ldapserver.mydomain.example as user mywindowsuser@domain.example, prompt for the password on the … Read more
AD and LDAP contain user attributes e.g. first name, last name, phone number. They also contain a user login and password and roles (groups) so can be used for authentication and authorisation. This authentication mainly uses Kerberos. In the Microsoft world, AD is the main player but if you want a “simple” AD, you can … Read more
Yes, using the LDAP_MATCHING_RULE_IN_CHAIN matching rule (OID 1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941). For example: (memberOf:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=cn=group,cn=users,DC=x) see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa746475%28VS.85%29.aspx
memberOf (in AD) is stored as a list of distinguishedNames. Your filter needs to be something like: (&(objectCategory=user)(memberOf=cn=MyCustomGroup,ou=ouOfGroup,dc=subdomain,dc=domain,dc=com)) If you don’t yet have the distinguished name, you can search for it with: (&(objectCategory=group)(cn=myCustomGroup)) and return the attribute distinguishedName. Case may matter.
You basically have 3 options to prevent the PowerShell Console window from closing, that I describe in more detail on my blog post. One-time Fix: Run your script from the PowerShell Console, or launch the PowerShell process using the -NoExit switch. e.g. PowerShell -NoExit “C:\SomeFolder\SomeScript.ps1” Per-script Fix: Add a prompt for input to the end … Read more
Active Directory is a database based system that provides authentication, directory, policy, and other services in a Windows environment LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an application protocol for querying and modifying items in directory service providers like Active Directory, which supports a form of LDAP. Short answer: AD is a directory services database, and … Read more
CN = Common Name OU = Organizational Unit DC = Domain Component These are all parts of the X.500 Directory Specification, which defines nodes in a LDAP directory. You can also read up on LDAP data Interchange Format (LDIF), which is an alternate format. You read it from right to left, the right-most component is … Read more