That begs the inevitable question of "Why?" I'm guessing it is to support the concept of a computer account, but I'd still love to know the official reason.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 3:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Export of users includes computer accounts. > > > The reason for the unexpected result from your first search > filter is because the object class "computer" is a sub class > of the "user" object class. So when you search using the > objectClass=user filter the search will include any > sub-classes of "user". If you look at the attributes of a > computer object using, for example, LDP, you will see > something like this. > > objectClass: top; person; organizationalPerson; user; computer; > > The "computer" object class has some attributes of its own, > but also inherits all the attributes from the "user" object > class. This means that you could (if you wanted to) assign, > for example, emloyeeID and telephoneNumber attribute values > for a computer object. > > Tony > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Mike Newell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:34:45 -0800 > > That did it! > > Thanks Hunter, > Mike > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Coleman, Hunter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 3:29 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Export of users includes computer accounts. > > Change your filter to something like > "(&(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=person))" and give it a go. > > Hunter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Newell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 4:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Export of users includes computer accounts. > > Hey all, > I'm looking to export users to import into another forest as > contacts. I > run the command below to export users from my Windows 2000 AD. > > CSVDE -f contacts.csv -r "(&(objectClass=user))" -l > "objectClass,displayName,DN,mailNickname,proxyAddress,targetAd > dress,mail > " > > It exports all of the user info but it also includes the Computer > accounts in the export. Anyone know why this export command would > include Computer accounts? More curious as to what I'm doing > wrong more > than anything. > > Thanks, > Mike. > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : > http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
