Post by Jesper RavnPost by Richard Mueller [MVP]However, note that the result is the "Common Name" of the user, not what
most people call the username, unless the two values have been made
always the same in your environment.
The value of the "cn" attribute is the Common Name of the object. It must
be unique in the OU, but there can be several objects with the same
Common Name as long as they are in different OU's or containers. The
value of the sAMAccountName attribute is the "pre-Windows 2000 logon
name" (on the "Account" tab of ADUC). This is also referred to as the
userID, username, or NT name of the user. This must be unique in the
domain.
If the cn and sAMAccountName attributes are always the same in your
domain, you can parse the Distinguished Name of the user. Otherwise, you
should use the NameTranslate object to convert the Distinguished Name
http://www.rlmueller.net/NameTranslateFAQ.htm
Hi Richard
Thanks for the heads up. I will take a look at your great FAQ ressource.
/Jesper
A quick example converting a DN into sAMAccountName:
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Option Explicit
Dim strUserDN, objTrans, strUserName
' Constants for the NameTranslate object.
Const ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC = 3
Const ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4 = 3
Const ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 = 1
' Specify user Distinguished Name.
strUserDN = "CN=ctxadmin,OU=ITservices,OU=RootDomain,DC=company,DC=com"
' Use the NameTranslate object to convert Distinguished Name
' into sAMAccountName.
Set objTrans = CreateObject("NameTranslate")
' Initialize NameTranslate by locating the Global Catalog.
objTrans.Init ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC, ""
' Use the Set method to specify the Distinguished Name of the object.
objTrans.Set ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779, strUserDN
' Use the Get method to retrieve the NT format of the name.
' This format is <NetBIOS-Domain-Name>\<sAMAccountName>
strUserName = objTrans.Get(ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4)
' Remove NetBIOS name of domain.
strUserName = Mid(strUserName, InStr(strUserName, "\") + 1)
Wscript.Echo strUserName
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Richard Mueller
MVP Directory Services
Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
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