Output to _array

[alan lim]

How to make the following line to output to an array instead to a text file? The reason is if I output to a file, and at the end I have to delete it. Is quite troublesome. Thank you

runwait(@ComSpec & " /c" & "dsquery user "& '"ou=HR,dc=xxxx,dc=com"' & " -name" &" alan*")

Alan Lim

[water]

To query the Active Directory you could use the ADFunctions UDF. This would solve this (and probably future) problems.

[alan lim]

I did try on ADFunction but it does not show description on user object. I like to query AD user name with desciption. Is that possible?

Thank you

[water]

Yes, it's possible. Something like this:

#include <adfunctions.au3>

Global $asUsers
_ADGetObjectsInOU($asUsers,"ou=HR,dc=xxxx,dc=com","(&(objectCategory=user)(name=alan*))",2,"name,description")
_ArrayDisplay($asUsers)

Each function in adfunctions.au3 has a description of the required parameters. The term "(&(objectCategory=user)(name=alan*))" is an ordinary LDAP query string. Documentation on how to build such strings can be found on the internet.

Edited November 12, 2009 by water

[alan lim]

Thank you for your replied.

I have copied your script and run it. The description still show nothing.

I have even remove the name and left the desciption, _ADGetObjectsInOU($asUsers,"ou=HR,dc=xxxx,dc=com","(&(objectCategory=user)(name=alan*))",2,"description"). The array don't show anything. This is the problem I have facing.

[water]

Are you sure that the description field is filled in AD? Could you download the Active Directory Explorer from M$ (previous Sysinternals) and run it (no installation required, just run the exe) to check if there is a description?

[KyngLewie]

Yes, it's possible. Something like this:

#include <adfunctions.au3>

Global $asUsers
_ADGetObjectsInOU($asUsers,"ou=HR,dc=xxxx,dc=com","(&(objectCategory=user)(name=alan*))",2,"name,description")
_ArrayDisplay($asUsers)

Each function in adfunctions.au3 has a description of the required parameters. The term "(&(objectCategory=user)(name=alan*))" is an ordinary LDAP query string. Documentation on how to build such strings can be found on the internet.

I haven't gotten terribly far in my LDAP query studies, is there a way we can pull a schema attribute into that array? something like ,2,"name,lastLogin". The end goal is to pull this value and then run it against a last login calculator so I can disable inactive computer accounts.