RE: [ActiveDir] Attribute Documentation

[Michael B. Smith]

Google. J   Except for pwdLastSet and instanceType, all of those are Exchange attributes and would not typically be found outside of an Exchange environment (well, some of them, like “mail”, exist even when the schema hasn’t been extended for Exchange). pwdLastSet is only going to exist on a user or inetOrgPerson object and defines the last time a password was set for that object. A nice easy read on that can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnclinic/html/scripting09102002.asp. instanceType is typically 4 and is defined pretty well at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url="">.   The others are generally set by the Recipient Update Service when a mailbox is created for a user or inetOrgPerson object. I think this KB covers all of those you listed: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=296479   None of these must be set when creating an account.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas M. Long Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 2:22 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Attribute Documentation   Is there any good documentation on AD attributes. The stuff at msdn.microsoft.com seems pretty useless to me (or maybe I just don’t have a clue what they are specifying). I need to know if attributes need to be specified, or if they are automatically populated (and if so, how or what criteria are used), or don’t need to be present when creating accounts. Here are the ones I am concerned with at this time, but it sure would be nice to find a good resource to look this stuff up in.       mail pwdLastSet instanceType showInAddressBook showInAddressBook homeMTA homeMDB mailNickname mDBUseDefaults legacyExchangeDN textEncodedORAddress msExchHomeServerName msExchUserAccountControl     Thanks