Brian,
There's probably a couple of tools/scripts out there, but here's one using
WMI and VBS.
Hope this helps,
Richard
option explicit
' declares
dim strUsrPDC, strUsrDom, strUsrAct, strUsrPwd, strUsrSid, strUsrName
' - target userid information -
' string sid to search for
strUsrSid = "S-1-5-21-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-500"
' domain userid (blank for impersonation)
strUsrAct = "DOMAIN\userid"
' domain password (blank for impersonation)
strUsrPwd = "password_here"
' domain controller name
strUsrPDC = "domain_controller_or_server_name"
' domain name
strUsrDom = "domain_name_here"
strUsrName = get_name(strUsrSid, _
strUsrAct, _
strUsrPwd, _
strUsrDom, _
strUsrPDC)
wscript.echo "the name associated with " & strUsrSid & " is: " & strUsrName
wscript.quit
' Retrieve the name associated with a SID using a WQL Query with
Win32_Account
'___________________________________________________________________________
_______
'
function get_name (strSid, strUsr, strPwd, strDom, strDC)
'___________________________________________________________________________
_______
dim objWbemLocator, objWmiCon, objQuery, objName, strQry
set objWbemLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
strQry = "SELECT Name FROM Win32_Account WHERE SID = '" _
& strSid & _
"' AND Domain = '" _
& strDom & "'"
if len(strUsr) = 0 then
set objWmiCon = objwbemLocator.ConnectServer _
(strDC, _
"root\cimv2")
else
set objWmiCon = objwbemLocator.ConnectServer _
(strDC, _
"root\cimv2", _
strUsr, _
strPwd)
objWmiCon.Security_.AuthenticationLevel = 2
end if
objWmiCon.Security_.ImpersonationLevel = 3
set objQuery = objWmiCon.ExecQuery(strQry, "WQL")
for each objName in objQuery
get_name = objSid.Name
next
set objWbemLocator = Nothing
set objWmiCon = Nothing
set objQuery = Nothing
set objname = Nothing
end function
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Svidergol [mailto:bsvidergol@;sitelite.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [ActiveDir] Opposite of GETSID.EXE (OT?)
>
>
> All-
> I am looking for a utility (or script) that will translate an
> account's SID into an account name. I want to feed the
> utility (or script) the SID and have the account named
> returned via the command prompt. Basically, the tool would do
> the opposite of getsid.exe (from Win2k Resource Kit).
> getsid.exe will give me the SID if I supply the account name.
> I've looked around but can't find anything.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks.
> Brian
>
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