{"id":159,"date":"2014-07-28T14:08:17","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T18:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passionwind.com\/techref\/?p=159"},"modified":"2014-07-28T14:08:17","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T18:08:17","slug":"ldap-active-directory-user-object-propertiesattributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/techref.camellarry.com\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"LDAP Active Directory User Object Properties\/Attributes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
LDAP Active Directory Properties\/Attributes<\/caption>\n
LDAP Property<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
DN<\/td>\nDN Stands for distinguisehd name. This is the unique identifier for any object in AD. An example value would be:<\/p>\n

CN=Joe User, OU=Las Vegas, DC=mycompany,DC=com<\/p>\n

Note that when identifying a DN value in your script you will likely be required to enclose the line above with double quotes (“) so it would look like this:<\/p>\n

“<\/span>CN=Joe User, OU=Las Vegas, DC=mycompany,DC=com“<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

CN<\/td>\nCN = Joe User
\nCN stands for Common Name. This property is a combination of the givenName and SN attributes joined together<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
displayName<\/td>\ndisplayName = Joe User
\nNote that displayName and CN are often confused for each other.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
description<\/td>\nNote that this is different from displayName<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
givenName<\/td>\nThe first name of the user<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
homeDrive<\/td>\nHome Folder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
name<\/td>\nname = Joe User. The same as CN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ObjectClass<\/td>\nobjectClass = User
\nIdentifies what type of object is selected. Other values are: Computer, orgnizationalUnit, container, group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
objectCategory<\/td>\nobjectClass = Person
\nDefines what schema category that object belongs to.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
physcialDeliveryOfficeName<\/td>\nThe office field of the user property<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
profilePath<\/td>\nRoaming profile path: connect. Setup is a bit tricky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sAMAccountName<\/td>\nsAMAAccountName = jUser
\nThis is an old NT 4.0 logon ID. This value must be unique in the domain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SN<\/td>\nSN = User
\nThis is the last name of the user. SN stands for surname<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
userAccountControl<\/td>\nThis property is used to enable or disable a user account. A value of 514 means that account is disabled. A value of 512 means the account is enabled.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
userPrincipleName<\/td>\nuserPrincipleName = juser@lasvegas.com
\nThis property is useful for logging in a large forest Active Directory architecutre. This is also a unique property throught the forest. This property is often abbreviated as UPN.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mail<\/td>\nmail = juser@lasvegas.com
\nthe email property of the user<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C<\/td>\nCountry or Region<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
company<\/td>\nName of Company or Organization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
department<\/td>\nDepartment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
homephone<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l<\/td>\nLocation. Used mainly with printers
\nThat is a lower case (L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
manager<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mobile<\/td>\nCell phone or mobile phone number<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OU<\/td>\nOrgnizational Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
postalCode<\/td>\nZip or post code<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
st<\/td>\nState or province<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
streetAddress<\/td>\nStreet address, not including country or state<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
telephoneNumber<\/td>\nOffice Phone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dNSHostName<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
rID<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
url<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
uSNCreate<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
uSNChanged<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tokenGroups<\/td>\nA computed attribute that contains the list of SIDs due to a transitive group membership expansion operation on a given user or computer. Token Groups cannot be retrieved if no Global Catalog is present to retrieve the transitive reverse memberships.
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\nMore Info<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

.NET Active Directory – Understanding LDAP Active Directory User Object Properties\/Attributes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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