On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Luis F. Trejo H. <[email protected]> wrote: > These errors are related to the parameters of adfind command, not with the > use of escape characters.
No, it was the escape characters. Dunno what I was doing wrong the first few times, but I did get it work. User error on my part, no doubt. SET _EscapedUserPath=^\5cusers^\5c SET _EscapedFilePath=^\5c^\5c%_Server%%_EscapedUserPath% SET _EscapedHome=!_EscapedFilePath!!_User! JoeWare adfind -b !_LDAP-Base! -nodn -nolabel -list -csv -nocsvheader -f homeDirectory=!_EscapedHome! sAMAccountName >ProfileSearchResult.TXT That time, it worked. Guess I missed something the first time. Thanks everyone > > What is the exact command you're trying? spaces maybe... > > > > ________________________________ > De: Michael Leone <[email protected]> > Para: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > ActiveDir Mailing List <[email protected]> > Enviado: Miércoles, 29 de abril, 2015 14:20:23 > Asunto: Re: [ActiveDir] ADfind doesn't seem to find by homeDirectory for > some users > > I even found a list post where I asked this same question, almost 4 > years ago. :-) But the answer then isn't working. > > Escape characters, that's the ticket! Except, in this case, it isn't ... > > If I replace each "\" with "\5c" instead, the search fails with > ldap_get_next_page_s: [<someDC>] Error 0x20 (32) - No Such Object > > So the escaping didn't help, this time ... > > > > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Michael Leone <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hoping somebody can tell me what I am missing here. ADfind search for >> one of my generic logins: >> >> P:\utils>adfind -f samaccountname=laptopuser >> >> AdFind V01.49.00.00cpp Joe Richards ([email protected]) February 2015 >> >> Using server: <someDC> >> Directory: Windows Server 2008 R2 >> Base DN: DC=<this, that and the other> >> >> dn:CN=Laptop User.... >>>homeDirectory: \\<server>\users\BookBagAdmin >> >> Yet, when I search for a homeDirectory that matches, it fails: >> >> P:\utils>adfind -f homeDirectory=\\<server>\users\BookBagAdmin >> >> AdFind V01.49.00.00cpp Joe Richards ([email protected]) February 2015 >> >> Using server: <someDC> >> Directory: Windows Server 2008 R2 >> Base DN: <this, that and the other> >> >> >> 0 Objects returned >> >> >> So how come the 2nd search failed, if I am filtering for an attribute >> that was returned by the first search? I've done lots of searches this >> way, without fail. >> >> Yet for some reason, I can't search for this one particular homeDirectory. >> >> Clues as to why? It's gotta be me misunderstanding something ... > List info: http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > >
