Thanks all for the help. Unfortunately the tool we are using requires
LDAP queries only, otherwise DSQUERY would have worked fine.


On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Brian Desmond <[email protected]> wrote:
> That query will get you more than users - also groups.
>
> If all youw ant is users, you can simplify it to 
> "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))". If you want groups too, 
> "(|(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))(&(objectCategory=group)(objectClass=group)))"
>
> Look at adfind as Michael suggested. You can use the incldn and excldn 
> switches if you wanted and search the whole domain but only include certain 
> OUs
>
> Thanks,
> Brian Desmond
> [email protected]
>
> c - 312.731.3132
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Robert Smith [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:34 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's
>>
>> We are trying to get all of our users in all OUs, and it needs to be done in
>> LDAP. that query will return all the users from one specific OU, but not all
>> users in all OUs in a domain.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bob
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Brian Desmond
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > That is a weird looking query. What are you trying to get out of it?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Brian Desmond
>> > [email protected]
>> >
>> > c - 312.731.3132
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Robert Smith [mailto:[email protected]]
>> >> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:44 PM
>> >> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> >> Subject: LDAP Query across Multiple OU's
>> >>
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> Is there any way to do an LDAP query for users across multiple OU's
>> >> via Saved Queries in ADUC? We are able to perform the custom search
>> >> below with the following LDAP queries, but this is only for one OU at
>> >> a time, we would like to be able to select a few at a time out of
>> >> almost a hundred OU's
>> >>
>> >>
>> (&(|(&(objectCategory=person)(objectSid=*)(!samAccountType:1.2.840.11
>> >> 3
>> >> 556.1.4.804:=3))(&(objectCategory=person)(!objectSid=*))(&(objectCate
>> >> gor
>> >> y=group)(groupType:1.2.840.113556.1.4.804:=14))))
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >> Bob
>> >>
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