Querying Windows Active Directory server using ldapsearch from command line

Question

I want to know querying the Active Directory server using ldapsearch, ldapadd, ldapdelete, etc. utilities are possible or not?

Answer 1

The short answer is "yes". The sample ldapsearch command a query the Active Directory server:

ldapsearch \

    -x -h ldapserver.mydomain.com \

    -D "[email protected]" \

    -W \

    -b "cn=users,dc=mydomain,dc=com" \

    -s sub "(cn=*)" cn mail sn

This will connect to the AD server at hostname named ldapserver.mydomain.com as user [email protected], prompt for this password on the command line and show name and email details for users in the cn=users,dc=mydomain,dc=com subtree.

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