Tag Archives: active-directory

Querying Active Directory with LDAP

export ad_ip="10.15.7.15"
export ad_user="administrator@itdrde.local"
export ad_password="XXXXXXXXX"

Computers are also Users

ldapsearch -H ldap://$ad_ip:389 -x -D $ad_user -w $ad_password -b "DC=itdrde,DC=local" \
    -s sub -a always -z 1000 "(objectClass=user)" "serviceClassName" "serviceDNSName" "objectClass"
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Querying Active Directory with PowerShell

First run the following command as administrator to make Get-ADUser command work:

Get-WindowsCapability -Online | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*ActiveDirectory.DS-LDS*"} | Add-WindowsCapability -Online
Path          :
Online        : True
RestartNeeded : False

Try the following commands:

$ad_ip = "10.15.7.15"
$ad_user = "administrator@itdrde.local"
Get-ADUser -Server $ad_ip -Credential $ad_user -Properties *
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