That is (a large part of) the purpose of the GC -- to keep some of the information about users and groups forest-wide. Just bear in mind that the GC doesn't have all attributes or all objects.
However, you probably should not specify a search root, unless all your domain naming contexts are logically children of the root. --Steve On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Christopher Bodnar <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, this did the trick: > > -UseGlobalCatalog > > Much appreciated. > > > Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP > Technical Support III > Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services > Guardian Life Insurance Company of America > Email: [email protected] > Phone: 610-807-6459 > Fax: 610-807-6003 > > > > From: Rubens Almeida <[email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Date: 09/26/2011 04:40 PM > Subject: Re: PowerShell, search entire forest? > ________________________________ > > > Hi Chris, > > I got a lot of clients running Posh 1.0 and Quest CMDlets and every time I > need to search a forest, this is how I do it: > > get-qaduser <ID goes here> -IAP -SearchScope "Subtree" -SearchRoot > "DC=domain,DC=com" -SizeLimit 0 -UseGlobalCatalog > > I always point the -SearchRoot to the forest root and it works for me. Hope > that helps. > > Regards, > > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Christopher Bodnar > <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm searching for a number of groups, and they can be located in any of the > domains in our forest (root and 5 child domains). Is there a switch to have > it search the entire forest? I know I can write something that will cycle > through each domain until it finds it, but thought there would be something > native to do this. I'm using the Quest CMDLETS. I've tried different > combinations of -searchRoot and -Service with no luck so far. > > > > Thanks, > > Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP > Technical Support III > Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services > Guardian Life Insurance Company of America > Email: [email protected] > Phone: 610-807-6459 > Fax: 610-807-6003 ----------------------------------------- This message, > and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, > confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any > use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and > any attachments. Thank you. > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
