For my own account, when I execute the LDAP query in my first post, I can't 
see my own DN but I can see what I'm a member of. Is the listed member 
field my DN? 

member: CN=Kevin Liu,OU=Delta,OU=Alpha,DC=Beta,DC=Gamma

Would this be my DN?

On Friday, February 23, 2018 at 6:17:22 AM UTC-6, alberto wrote:
>
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:43:05 -0800 (PST) 
> Kevin Liu <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: 
>
> > Correct me if I'm wrong but looking at the directory, not everyone 
> > has a DN. Some users are only members of a group it looks like. 
>
> I don't think so. DN is the ultimate identifier in LDAP/AD. As stated 
> in MSDN: «The LDAP API references an LDAP object by its distinguished 
> name (DN)». Even a group have a DN so you can perform operations on it. 
>
> ( Source: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366101(v=vs.85).aspx 
> ) 
>
> -- 
> Alberto Cabello Sánchez 
> Servicio de Informática 
> Universidad de Extremadura 
>

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