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Windows Server 8 Beta RootDSE [Wed 02/29/2012 21:48:12.00] F:\Dev\cpp>adfind\release\adfind -rootdse AdFind V01.46.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) February 2012 Using server: WIN8DOM2-DC1.win8dom2.loc:389 Directory: Windows Server 8 dn: >currentTime: 20120301025803.0Z >subschemaSubentry: CN=Aggregate,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom2,DC=loc >dsServiceName: CN=NTDS Settings,CN=WIN8DOM2-DC1,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom2,DC=loc >namingContexts: DC=win8dom2,DC=loc >namingContexts: CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom2,DC=loc >namingContexts: CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom2,DC=loc >defaultNamingContext: DC=win8dom2,DC=loc >schemaNamingContext: CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom2,DC=loc >configurationNamingContext: CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom2,DC=loc >rootDomainNamingContext: DC=win8dom2,DC=loc >supportedControl: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.319 [LDAP_PAGED_RESULT_OID_STRING] >supportedControl: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.801 [LDAP_SERVER_SD_FLAGS_OID] >supportedControl: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.473 [LDAP_SERVER_SORT_OID] […]

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I was planning to release AdFind and AdMod today as per the normal yearly cycle but I am not quite happy with them yet so I am holding off for a little bit. I expect I should be releasing them within two weeks at the latest assuming nothing bad comes up.    joe Rating 3.00 […]

[Thu 02/09/2012 23:44:13.22] C:\>adfind -schema -f attributeid=1.2.840.113556.1.4.2066 attributeid AdFind V01.46.00cpp **BETA** Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) January 2012 Using server: WIN8Dom-DC1.win8dom.loc:389 Directory: Windows Server 8 Developer Preview Base DN: CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom,DC=loc dn:CN=ms-DS-Required-Domain-Behavior-Version,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom,DC=loc >attributeID: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.2066 1 Objects returned [Thu 02/09/2012 23:44:40.89] C:\>adfind -rootdse | grep 1.2.840.113556.1.4.2066 AdFind V01.46.00cpp **BETA** Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) January 2012 File STDIN: >supportedControl: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.2066 [LDAP_SERVER_POLICY_HINTS_OID] […]

As more and more companies move forward with automated provisioning and automated password management and workflow an issue was found with tools like FIM that proxy the password change. I.E. You identify yourself to FIM and tell it to change the password for you, FIM uses the SET Password operation instead of the CHANGE Password […]

Previously we had a discussion on ActiveDir Org about using Tree Delete on an OU or other container with a large number of objects, specifically more than 16,000 or so objects (16384 to be even more specific). http://www.activedir.org/ListArchives/tabid/55/view/topic/postid/44636/Default.aspx MSDN Article about the error http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc223490(v=prot.10).aspx And an old blog post from me about the error http://blog.joeware.net/2007/06/01/905/ […]