A much more simple option is to use the IADsTools interface (from the
Support Tools). It has a TranslateNT4ToDN function. In general, if there
is a DS API you want to use from Perl or VBScript, there is a good chance a
wrapper for it exists in IADsTools (there are a few exceptions).
Here is a Perl one-liner...
D:\>perl -MWin32::OLE -le "print Win32::OLE->new('IADsTools.DCFunctions')->
TranslateNT4ToDN($ARGV[0],'',1,0)" AMERLOCAL\rallen
CN=rallen,CN=Users,DC=amer,DC=local
Regards,
Robbie Allen
http://www.rallenhome.com/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:43 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Connection String
>
>
> Cool.... Might be able to stay away from a compiler for
> another 3 months...
>
> I know what it was that didn't work - VBScript can't handle
> the way Exchange
> 5.5[1] returns the Primary Windows NT Account attribute - it
> comes back as a
> string octet (I think). The VB examples all included the same
> contstant
> defs, so I was thinking it was the same thing I looked at a
> month or two
> ago.
>
> Now I'm wondering if I can just direct translate using the
> syntax below...
> I'll have to try that later...
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP
> Sr. Systems Administrator
> Inovis Inc.
>
> [1] Yeah, I'm still running it
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glenn Corbett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:36 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Connection String
> >
> >
> > >From the online help about NameTranslate, VBScript Example
> > (havent tried it,
> > but looks like it should work)
> >
> > Dim nto
> > const ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_SERVER = 2
> > const ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 = 1
> > const ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4 = 3
> >
> > server = "aDsServer"
> > user = "jeffsmith"
> > dom = "Fabrikam"
> > passwd = "top secret"
> > dn = "CN=jeffsmith,CN=Users,DC=Fabrikam,DC=COM"
> >
> > Set nto = Server.CreateObject("NameTranslate")
> > nto.InitEx ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_SERVER, server, user, dom, passwd
> > nto.Set ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779, dn
> > result = nto.Get(ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4)
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Roger Seielstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:31 PM
> > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Connection String
> >
> >
> > The only problem with that is you can't call the same methods
> > from VBScript
> > - which is where I seem to need it the most..
> >
> > Better brush up on my mAd VB.net skilz...
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP
> > Sr. Systems Administrator
> > Inovis Inc.
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Glenn Corbett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:17 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Connection String
> > >
> > >
> > > Pablo,
> > >
> > > here is some code I use in VB.NET to do a similar thing, should be
> > > convertable to C# without much hassle
> > >
> > > strUserName = the fully qualified LDAP path of a user or group, ie
> > > LDAP://CN=GroupName,DC=testdomain,DC=local
> > >
> > > 'Constants required, rest are in the online doco for NameTranslate
> > > Const ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC = 3
> > > Const ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 = 1
> > > Const ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4 = 3
> > >
> > > Dim Translate As New ActiveDs.NameTranslate
> > > Dim strUser As String
> > >
> > > 'We want to chat to a GC server, any one will do
> > > Translate.Init(ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC, "")
> > > 'Pass in the FQDN name of the object
> > > Translate.Set(ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779, Mid(strUserName, 8)) <--
> > > the call doesnt
> > > like the LDAP:// on the front, so strip it
> > > 'Get back the NT v4 Equivalent
> > > strUser = Translate.Get(ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4)
> > > Translate = Nothing
> > >
> > > strUser now = the DOMAIN\UserName pair
> > >
> > > You can easily go the other way, ie pass in the
> > > Domain\username pair, and
> > > get back the LDAP path. Its all in the online doco, just do a
> > > search for
> > > NameTranslate
> > >
> > > Very cool actually, was hacking around trying to pull apart
> > > LDAP strings and
> > > massage them myself, this is MUCH easier (and faster)
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > > Glenn
> > > (lucky you asked today, worked out how to to this last
> night *grin*)
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Pablo Curello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 9:44 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Connection String
> > >
> > >
> > > That's right, but what if the user Pablo Curello is inside an
> > > organizational
> > > group ?
> > > In that case, the LDAP string should be (for example):
> > > "LDAP://cn=Pablo
> > > Curello, ou=Sales, dc=yourdomain, dc=com".
> > > It doesn´t work with: "LDAP://cn=Pablo Curello,
> > dc=yourdomain, dc=com"
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Costanzo, Ray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:34 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > I believe that you mean DOMAIN\Username, and if so:
> > >
> > > Function GetFullName(sUser)
> > > Dim sUsername, sDomain
> > > sUserInfo = Split(sUser, "\")
> > > sDomain = sUserInfo(0)
> > > sUsername = sUserInfo(1)
> > > Set oUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & sDomain & "/" & sUsername
> > > & ",user")
> > > GetFullName = oUser.Fullname
> > > Set oUser = Nothing
> > > End Function
> > >
> > > That will give you the full name, such as: "Curello\, Pablo"
> > >
> > > And then you can use:
> > >
> > > sFullname = GetFullName("pcurello")
> > > sLDAP = "LDAP://cn="; & sFullname & ",dc=yourdomain,dc=com"
> > >
> > > How you get the dc= part from the oldschool netbios name,
> > I'm not sure
> > > though. And I can't translate this to C for you. :]
> > >
> > > Ray at work
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Pablo Curello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello all.
> > > Does anybody know how to transform a user's identity
> > > "DOMAIN/USERNAME" to an
> > > ldap connection string "CN=name, DC=..." ?
> > > I know how to do it in COM (C++) using IADsNameTranslate
> > > interface, but now
> > > I´m using C#.
> > > Thanks.
> > >
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