You may need quotes to deal with the spaces: "$($manager)"
I am not sure. I am not familiar with the commandlet you are using. I usually just use .Net objects or system objects to do things in powershell. I need to download some PS management packs I guess! From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Candee Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 4:28 PM To: powershell@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [powershell] Ambiguous Identity Yes; sorry - it's been a long day. I also tried different iterations. The error I get from this one is that A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'Mouse Mickey'. Thanks! On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Kelley, Matthew <kelle...@med.umich.edu<mailto:kelle...@med.umich.edu>> wrote: Did you try to change this line to use the variable you set: From: -streetaddress $_.street -manager $_.manager ` To: -streetaddress $_.street -manager $manager ` From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com>] On Behalf Of Candee Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 4:03 PM To: powershell@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:powershell@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [powershell] Ambiguous Identity I'm not sure if I can do this, but I'm almost finished with these scripts for HR's new software package.... I need to update the "manager" attribute, but they are giving me the display name of the manager, not the samaccountname. I keep getting Ambiguous Identity, and I can't seem to get it. This is what I have: $manager = (get-qaduser displayname -eq $_.manager) I've tried it the other way as well , (get-qaduser $_.manager displayname), but that didn't work either. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks! Candee The entire script, for context: Import-Csv "C:\temp\filesin\user_changes.csv" |foreach{ #Check for preferred first name, if blank, use real first name $givenName = '' If( -not [string]::isnullorempty($_.preferredfirstname)) { $givenname = $_.preferredfirstname } else { $givenname = $_.firstname } #Check for preferred last name, if blank, use real last name $SN = '' If( -not [string]::isnullorempty($_.lastnamepreferred)) { $SN = $_.lastnamepreferred } else { $sn = $_.lastname } $manager = (get-qaduser displayname -eq $_.manager) $EMPNMR = $_.employeegui $SAM = $_.MISUSERNAME set-qaduser $SAM -displayname $displayname ` -givenname $givenname ` -sn $SN ` -company $_.Company ` -department $_.department -title $_.businesscardtitle -telephonenumber $_.telephone ` -city $_.city -postalcode $_.zip -state $_.state ` -streetaddress $_.street -manager $_.manager ` -oa @{ipphone=$_.ipphone;mobile=$_.mobile;employeenumber=$_.employeegui} ================================================ Did you know you can also post and find answers on PowerShell in the forums? http://www.myitforum.com/forums/default.asp?catApp=1 ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues ================================================ Did you know you can also post and find answers on PowerShell in the forums? http://www.myitforum.com/forums/default.asp?catApp=1 ================================================ Did you know you can also post and find answers on PowerShell in the forums? http://www.myitforum.com/forums/default.asp?catApp=1 ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues ================================================ Did you know you can also post and find answers on PowerShell in the forums? http://www.myitforum.com/forums/default.asp?catApp=1
