Adfind: Querying Active Directory made easy

List all AD user accounts matching a string:

C:>adfind -b DC=Test,DC=com -f “(&(objectcategory=user)(name=*govardhan*))” displayname

AdFind V01.42.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) April 2010

Using server: test.domain.com:389

Directory: Windows Server 2008

dn:CN=Govardhan g.,OU=TestUsers,DC=test,DC=com

>displayName: Govardhan g.

1 Objects returned

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List all computer (server) accounts whose operating system matching certain string:

C:>adfind -b DC=Test,DC=com -f “(&(objectcategory=computer)(OperatingSystem=server*2008*r2))” operatingsystem

AdFind V01.42.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) April 2010

Using server: test.domain.com:389

Directory: Windows Server 2008

dn:CN=W2K81049,CN=Computers,DC=test,DC=com
>operatingSystem: Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

1 Objects returned

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List all members of a AD group:

C:>adfind -b DC=Test,DC=com -f “(&(objectcategory=group)(name=*_tech))” member | cut -d”,” -f1  | cut -f2 -d”=”AdFind V01.42.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) April 2010 

Using server: test.domain.com:389

Directory: Windows Server 2008

_Tech

Govardhan

Admin

superuser

1 Objects returned

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Get the count of objects in a AD group:

C:>adfind -b DC=Test,DC=com -f “(&(objectcategory=group)(name=testgrp))” member | grep -i -P “^dn|^>”  | wc -l

AdFind V01.42.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) April 2010

15

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Get the count of number of AD objects matching LDAP filter criteria:

C:>adfind -default -f “(&(objectcategory=computer)(OperatingSystem=*2008*))” -c

AdFind V01.42.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) April 2010

Using server: test.domain.com:389

Directory: Windows Server 2008

Base DN: DC=Test,DC=com

48 Objects returned

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Get  the Count of all computer objects in AD.

C:>adfind -default -sc adobjcnt:computer

AdFind V01.42.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) April 2010

Using server: test.domain.com:389

Directory: Windows Server 2008

Base DN: DC=Test,DC=com

1498 Objects returned

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List all OU’s matching a specific string.

C:>AdFind.exe -default -f “(&(objectcategory=OrganizationalUnit)(name=*app))” description

AdFind V01.42.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) April 2010

Using server: test.domain.com:389

Directory: Windows Server 2008

Base DN: DC=test,DC=com

dn:OU=TestApp1,OU=TestApps,OU=Test-Site,DC=test,DC=com

1 Objects returned

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List all objects under specified OU:

C:>AdFind.exe -default -rb “OU=TestApp1,OU=TestApps,OU=Test-Site” member

AdFind V01.42.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) April 2010

Using server: test.domain.com:389

Directory: Windows Server 2008

Base DN: OU=TestApp1,OU=TestApps,OU=Test-Site,DC=test,DC=com

dn:OU=TestApp1,OU=TestApps,OU=Test-Site,DC=test,DC=com

dn:OU=User-GRP1,OU=TestApp1,OU=TestApps,OU=Test-Site,DC=test,DC=com

dn:OU=en-us,OU=User-GRP1,OU=TestApp1,OU=TestApps,OU=Test-Site,DC=test,DC=com

dn:CN=App-user1,OU=en-us,OU=User-GRP1,OU=TestApp1,OU=TestApps,OU=Test-Site,DC=test,DC=com

dn:CN=App-user2,OU=en-us,OU=User-GRP1,OU=TestApp1,OU=TestApps,OU=Test-Site,DC=test,DC=com

dn:CN=App-users-G,OU=User-GRP1,OU=TestApp1,OU=TestApps,OU=Test-Site,DC=test,DC=com
>member: CN=App-user1,OU=en-us,OU=User-GRP1,OU=TestApp1,OU=TestApps,OU=Test-Site,DC=test,DC=com
>member: CN=App-user2,OU=en-us,OU=User-GRP1,OU=TestApp1,OU=TestApps,OU=Test-Site,DC=test,DC=com
6 Objects returned

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Reference:  ADFind Usage