I thought that I would fill this blog with other things that I find useful in my admin work as well. \u00a0The DSQuery and DSGet commands are really useful tools in my arsenal.\u00a0These commands are great for finding AD objects and their details.<\/p>\n
Quite simply, The DSQuery command \u00a0finds AD objects and DSGet command \u00a0gets more details about an AD object.To find a user in active directory:<\/p>\n
Dsquery user \u00a0-name (username or partial name with wildcards)<\/p>\n
For example:<\/p>\n
The result of \u00a0the command:<\/p>\n
dsquery user -name dwayne*<\/p>\n
Will display the following:<\/p>\n
“CN=Dwayne La Rose,OU=Tech,OU=Some other OU,DC=SomeDomain,DC=com”<\/p>\n
You can then pipe that dquery command into a DSGet command to get more details about objects.<\/p>\n
Command:<\/p>\n
dsquery user -name dwayne*|dsget user -display -email -tel<\/p>\n
Results:<\/p>\n
Dispaly \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Tel\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 email<\/p>\n
Dwayne La Rose \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (555)555-5555 \u00a0 \u00a0Dwayne.LaRose@domain.com<\/p>\n
This command can be used for computers, \u00a0groups, OU’s and other AD objects.<\/p>\n
For more detail on these commands go to http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc732952(WS.10).aspx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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