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Example 1: Get tokenGroups attribute for every direct member of the domain admins group.

F:\Dev\Current\CPP\AdFind\Release>adfind -default -f name="domain admins" member -list | adfind -s base tokengroups -resolvesids

AdFind V01.40.00cpp **BETA** Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) January 2009

Using server: TEST-DC1.test.loc:389
Directory: Windows Server 2003

dn:CN=TestAdminClone,OU=Users,OU=TestOU,DC=test,DC=loc
>tokenGroups: BUILTIN\Users
>tokenGroups: BUILTIN\Administrators
>tokenGroups: TEST\DnsAdmins
>tokenGroups: TEST\Domain Users
>tokenGroups: TEST\Domain Admins

dn:CN=$joe,OU=Users,OU=My,DC=test,DC=loc
>tokenGroups: BUILTIN\Users
>tokenGroups: BUILTIN\Administrators
>tokenGroups: TEST\DnsAdmins
>tokenGroups: TEST\Schema Admins
>tokenGroups: TEST\Enterprise Admins
>tokenGroups: TEST\Domain Users
>tokenGroups: TEST\Domain Admins

dn:CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=test,DC=loc
>tokenGroups: BUILTIN\Users
>tokenGroups: BUILTIN\Administrators
>tokenGroups: TEST\DnsAdmins
>tokenGroups: TEST\Schema Admins
>tokenGroups: TEST\Enterprise Admins
>tokenGroups: TEST\Domain Users
>tokenGroups: TEST\Group Policy Creator Owners
>tokenGroups: TEST\Domain Admins

3 Objects returned

 

Example 2a: Get sAMAccountName for all direct members of Domain Admins group

F:\Dev\Current\CPP\AdFind\Release>adfind -default -f name="domain admins" member -list | adfind -s base samaccountname

AdFind V01.40.00cpp **BETA** Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) January 2009

Using server: TEST-DC1.test.loc:389
Directory: Windows Server 2003

dn:CN=TestAdminClone,OU=Users,OU=TestOU,DC=test,DC=loc
>sAMAccountName: TestAdminClone

dn:CN=$joe,OU=Users,OU=My,DC=test,DC=loc
>sAMAccountName: $joe

dn:CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=test,DC=loc
>sAMAccountName: Administrator

3 Objects returned

 

Example 2b: Get sAMAccountName for all direct members of Domain Admins group (alternate method using attribute scoped query)

F:\Dev\Current\CPP\AdFind\Release>adfind -default -f name="domain admins" -dsq | adfind -s base -asq member samaccountname

AdFind V01.40.00cpp **BETA** Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) January 2009

Using server: TEST-DC1.test.loc:389
Directory: Windows Server 2003

dn:CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=test,DC=loc
>sAMAccountName: Administrator

dn:CN=$joe,OU=Users,OU=My,DC=test,DC=loc
>sAMAccountName: $joe

dn:CN=TestAdminClone,OU=Users,OU=TestOU,DC=test,DC=loc
>sAMAccountName: TestAdminClone

3 Objects returned

 

Example 3: Dump the serviceBindingInformation attribute for any ADAM serviceConnectionPoint objects that belong to Windows XP Professional machines. And no, this isn’t contrived, this is something I have wanted to do a few times to find people playing with ADAM on workstation class machines as well as something I have been asked how to do in the past… Normally this would take a script.

F:\Dev\Current\CPP\AdFind\Release>adfind -default -f "&(objectcategory=computer)(operatingsystem=Windows XP Professional)" -dsq | adfind -s one -f "&(objectcategory=serviceconnectionpoint)(serviceclassname=LDAP)" servicebindinginformation

AdFind V01.40.00cpp **BETA** Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) January 2009

Using server: TEST-DC1.test.loc:389
Directory: Windows Server 2003

dn:CN={cb226d48-e9a7-420a-bce0-98edcc6b8cf2},CN=SFMXP64,CN=Computers,DC=test,DC=loc
>serviceBindingInformation: ldaps://sfmxp64.test.loc:636
>serviceBindingInformation: ldap://sfmxp64.test.loc:389

dn:CN={e4756748-fc8b-4166-8b7b-498bd97c9949},CN=SFMXP64,CN=Computers,DC=test,DC=loc
>serviceBindingInformation: ldaps://sfmxp64.test.loc:636
>serviceBindingInformation: ldap://sfmxp64.test.loc:389

dn:CN={3991aa1d-c87d-46cd-a08c-c52af9ae168e},CN=SFMXP32,CN=Computers,DC=test,DC=loc
>serviceBindingInformation: ldaps://sfmxp32.test.loc:636
>serviceBindingInformation: ldap://sfmxp32.test.loc:389

dn:CN={d3c0e3ee-d888-496d-acf0-6e4078052476},CN=HOMEXP,CN=Computers,DC=test,DC=loc
>serviceBindingInformation: ldaps://homexp.test.loc:636
>serviceBindingInformation: ldap://homexp.test.loc:389

4 Objects returned

 

When working on fixing several typos and mistakes in V01.39.00 I realized I had figured out a way to handle the piping from one instance of AdFind to another. I am still looking for holes but it looks good thus far. This is something I have wanted for some time but couldn’t see how to handle it with the current framework. Well out of the blue while looking at part of the code it struck me how to pull it off so I added it. Aside from that are the correction of some typos folks reported to me as well as adding some Windows 7 support (i.e. decoding some of the Windows 7 attribute values and support for the new object deletion/recycling capabilities).

   joe

Not really an issue or at least it shouldn’t be, if something is generating more than 50 concurrent NSPI connections, it likely needs to be checked out anyway…

 

NSPI connections from Microsoft Outlook to a Windows Server 2008-based domain controller may fail with an error code: “MAPI_E_LOGON_FAILED”

This behavior occurs because Windows Server 2008 only allows for a default maximum of 50 concurrent NSPI connections per user to any domain controller. Additional NSPI connections are rejected with a MAPI_E_LOGON_FAILED error code.

See the whole support KB here —> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949469

My recent post about getting Active Directory replication Meta Data has spawned a considerable number of emails. I wanted to take a moment and remind everyone of the help switch specifically talking about the replication metadata info. This usage provided in AdFind tells you your sort options available for each metadata attribute and what info is contained in each of the columns.

You can get that help by typing

adfind /meta?

Here is the latest version of that output…

F:\Dev\Current\CPP\AdFind\Debug>adfind /meta?

AdFind V01.39.00cpp ***BETA*** Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) January 2009

-help         Basic help.
-?            Basic help.
-??           Advanced/Expert help.
-????         Shortcut help.
-sc?          Shortcut help.
-meta?        Metadata help.

Usage:
AdFind [switches] [-b basedn] [-f filter] [attr list]

   basedn        RFC 2253 DN to base search from.
                 If no base specified, defaults to default NC.
   filter        RFC 2254 LDAP filter.
                 If no filter specified, defaults to objectclass=*.
   attr list     List of specific attributes to return, if nothing specified
                 returns ‘default’ attributes, aka * set.

  Switches: (designated by – or /)

   MetaData Help
   =============
   AdFind has the ability to decode various metadata type attributes. These
   attributes can give information about replication status of the server
   itself or replication metadata for individual objects.

   These special attributes are normally returned from Active Directory in
   XML format. This is a bit bulky and can be tough to read without cleanup
   so I have added the ability decode the attributes and cut down the amount
   of data passed over the wire. Using the ;binary option when specifying an
   attribute causes AD to reformat certain attributes and send them across as
   binary blocks of data. When requesting the meta attributes outlined below
   if you do not specify the ;binary option, they will be returned in the
   native format, if you add the ;binary option, they will be returned in the
   alternate format and AdFind will decode the strings to its format.

   To further assist the ease of retrieving this information, see the shortcut
   usage menu via adfind /sc?

   MetaData Attributes
   ——————-
   msDS-ReplQueueStatistics  – RootDSE attribute
       Replication queue statistics. Output is labeled. No sort options.

   msDS-ReplPendingOps – RootDSE attribute
       Any replications operations currently in progress. Output is labeled.
       Default sort order is server return order. Sort options – dsa,date

   msDS-ReplConnectionFailures – RootDSE attribute
   msDS-ReplLinkFailures – RootDSE attribute
       Replication failure information. Output is labeled. Default sort order
       is by DSA. Sort options – dsa,date

   msDS-ReplAllInboundNeighbors – RootDSE attribute
   msDS-ReplAllOutboundNeighbors – RootDSE attribute
       Replication info for all direct neighbors. Output is labeled. Default
       sort order is by DSA. Sort options – dsa,date,nc,err

   msDS-TopQuotaUsage – RootDSE attribute
       Indicates the top object owners on a given server. Output is labeled.
       Default sort order is server return order. Sort options – nc,owner.

   msDS-NCReplInboundNeighbors – Naming Context attribute
   msDS-NCReplOutboundNeighbors – Naming Context attribute
       Replication for all direct neighbors for the specific NC. Output is
       labeled. Default sort order is by DSA. Sort options – dsa,date,nc,err

   msDS-NCReplCursors – Naming Context attribute
       Replication cursors by DSA by context. Output format:
            HighestUSN LastSyncTime DSA
       Default sort order is last sync time. Sort options – lastsync,dsa

   msDS-ReplAttributeMetaData – Object Level attribute
       Replication metadata for object. Output format:
             USNLocal DSA USNOrig Date/Time Version Attribute
       Default sort order is attribute. Sort options – DSA,date,usnloc,usnorig,ver

   msDS-ReplValueMetaData – Object Level attribute (FFL2+ only – i.e. LVR Replication)
       Replication value metadata for object. Output format:
             attribute USNLocal DSA USNOrig Date/Time Version State ObjectDN
       Default sort order is date. Sort options – attrib,obj,DSA,state,date,usnloc,usnorig,ver

   Sort Options
   ————
   The decoded output for most of the metadata attributes can be sorted to various
   fields in the output. The specific fields for each attribute are listed with
   the description of the attributes. In order to change the sort field, use the
   -metasort switch. Specify the switch combined with the options specified above
   to change the sort order. If value has a dash (-) appended, the search order
   is reversed.

  Ex1:
    adfind -rootdse msDS-TopQuotaUsage;binary
      Get top 10 quota users in decoded format

  Ex2:
    adfind -b cn=someobject,ou=someou,dc=test,dc=loc -s base msDS-ReplAttributeMetaData;binary
      Get attribute metadata for specified object in decoded format

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This is a new feature that I added to AdFind on this last version. Sometimes you look at a record and you want to quickly know the delta time between now and the time listed. I have added the –tdcd option to do that. By default it will handle the int8 values, but if you add the –tdcgt or –tdcgts switch it will also handle generalized time as well.

Examples:

F:\Dev\Current\CPP\AdFind\Debug>adfind -e -default -f name=administrator -tdcd badpwasswordtime lastlogon lastlogoff pwdlastset lastlogontimestamp whencreated whenchanged

AdFind V01.39.00cpp ***BETA*** Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) January 2009

Using server: TROUBLE-DC1.trouble.loc:389
Directory: Windows Server 2008
Base DN: DC=trouble,DC=loc

dn:CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=trouble,DC=loc
>whenCreated: 20080619161006.0Z
>whenChanged: 20081230012257.0Z
>lastLogoff: 0000/00/00-00:00:00 (UNDEFINED)
>lastLogon: 2008/12/30-11:06:29 Eastern Standard Time (-3 days 2 hours 17 minutes 47 seconds)
>pwdLastSet: 2008/12/29-20:22:57 Eastern Standard Time (-3 days 17 hours 1 minutes 20 seconds)
>lastLogonTimestamp: 2008/12/27-11:08:55 Eastern Standard Time (-6 days 2 hours 15 minutes 22 seconds)

1 Objects returned

and with Generalized time decoded as well

 

F:\Dev\Current\CPP\AdFind\Debug>adfind -e -default -f name=administrator -tdcgts -tdcd badpwasswordtime lastlogon lastlogoff pwdlastset lastlogontimestamp whencreated whenchanged

AdFind V01.39.00cpp ***BETA*** Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) January 2009

Using server: TROUBLE-DC1.trouble.loc:389
Directory: Windows Server 2008
Base DN: DC=trouble,DC=loc

dn:CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=trouble,DC=loc
>whenCreated: 2008/06/19-11:10:06 Eastern Standard Time (-197 days 2 hours 14 minutes 26 seconds)
>whenChanged: 2008/12/29-20:22:57 Eastern Standard Time (-3 days 17 hours 1 minutes 35 seconds)
>lastLogoff: 0000/00/00-00:00:00 (UNDEFINED)
>lastLogon: 2008/12/30-11:06:29 Eastern Standard Time (-3 days 2 hours 18 minutes 3 seconds)
>pwdLastSet: 2008/12/29-20:22:57 Eastern Standard Time (-3 days 17 hours 1 minutes 35 seconds)
>lastLogonTimestamp: 2008/12/27-11:08:55 Eastern Standard Time (-6 days 2 hours 15 minutes 37 seconds)

1 Objects returned

Sorry folks, haven’t released adfind yet, still testing and checking it out. Amongst other things, I have found some new constants in some of the binary flags to decode for Windows Server 2008 when I was testing that I needed to get into the tool because I hate seeing things like

F:\Dev\Current\CPP\AdFind\Debug>adfind -rootdse msds-replallinboundneighbors;binary -h trouble-rodc1

AdFind V01.39.00cpp ***BETA*** Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) January 2009

Using server: TROUBLE-RODC1.trouble.loc:389
Directory: Windows Server 2008

dn:
>msDS-ReplAllInboundNeighbors;binary: ConsecFails: 0      LastResult: 0      LastAttempt: 2009/01/02-10:46:20       LastSuccess: 2009/01/02-10:46:20      DSA: Default-First-Site-Name\TROUBLE-DC2 NC: CN=Configuration,DC=trouble,DC=loc Flags: 805311552 [SCHEDULED(64),COMPRESS(268435456),NO_CHG_NOTIFY(536870912),UNKNOWN(5120)] Address: b044ea44-36db-4c43-805b-8c38fb10fb71._msdcs.trouble.loc LastError: "The operation completed successfully."
>msDS-ReplAllInboundNeighbors;binary: ConsecFails: 0      LastResult: 0      LastAttempt: 2009/01/02-10:46:20       LastSuccess: 2009/01/02-10:46:20      DSA: Default-First-Site-Name\TROUBLE-DC2 NC: CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=trouble,DC=loc Flags: 805311552 [SCHEDULED(64),COMPRESS(268435456),NO_CHG_NOTIFY(536870912),UNKNOWN(5120)] Address: b044ea44-36db-4c43-805b-8c38fb10fb71._msdcs.trouble.loc LastError: "The operation completed successfully."
>msDS-ReplAllInboundNeighbors;binary: ConsecFails: 0      LastResult: 0      LastAttempt: 2009/01/02-10:46:20       LastSuccess: 2009/01/02-10:46:20      DSA: Default-First-Site-Name\TROUBLE-DC2 NC: DC=trouble,DC=loc Flags: 805311552 [SCHEDULED(64),COMPRESS(268435456),NO_CHG_NOTIFY(536870912),UNKNOWN(5120)] Address: b044ea44-36db-4c43-805b-8c38fb10fb71._msdcs.trouble.loc LastError: "The operation completed successfully."

1 Objects returned

I much prefer

F:\Dev\Current\CPP\AdFind\Debug>adfind -rootdse msds-replallinboundneighbors;binary -h trouble-rodc1

AdFind V01.39.00cpp ***BETA*** Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) January 2009

Using server: TROUBLE-RODC1.trouble.loc:389
Directory: Windows Server 2008

dn:
>msDS-ReplAllInboundNeighbors;binary: ConsecFails: 0      LastResult: 0      LastAttempt: 2009/01/02-10:46:20       LastSuccess: 2009/01/02-10:46:20      DSA: Default-First-Site-Name\TROUBLE-DC2 NC: CN=Configuration,DC=trouble,DC=loc Flags: 805311552 [SCHEDULED(64),FULL_REPLICA(1024),SELECT_SECRETS(4096),COMPRESS(268435456),NO_CHG_NOTIFY(536870912)] Address: b044ea44-36db-4c43-805b-8c38fb10fb71._msdcs.trouble.loc LastError: "The operation completed successfully."
>msDS-ReplAllInboundNeighbors;binary: ConsecFails: 0      LastResult: 0      LastAttempt: 2009/01/02-10:46:20       LastSuccess: 2009/01/02-10:46:20      DSA: Default-First-Site-Name\TROUBLE-DC2 NC: CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=trouble,DC=loc Flags: 805311552 [SCHEDULED(64),FULL_REPLICA(1024),SELECT_SECRETS(4096),COMPRESS(268435456),NO_CHG_NOTIFY(536870912)] Address: b044ea44-36db-4c43-805b-8c38fb10fb71._msdcs.trouble.loc LastError: "The operation completed successfully."
>msDS-ReplAllInboundNeighbors;binary: ConsecFails: 0      LastResult: 0      LastAttempt: 2009/01/02-10:46:20       LastSuccess: 2009/01/02-10:46:20      DSA: Default-First-Site-Name\TROUBLE-DC2 NC: DC=trouble,DC=loc Flags: 805311552 [SCHEDULED(64),FULL_REPLICA(1024),SELECT_SECRETS(4096),COMPRESS(268435456),NO_CHG_NOTIFY(536870912)] Address: b044ea44-36db-4c43-805b-8c38fb10fb71._msdcs.trouble.loc LastError: "The operation completed successfully."

1 Objects returned

Don’t worry… it is coming soon. 🙂

 

   joe