[THIN] Re: Setting a home directory script
- From: "Braebaum, Neil" <Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 08:48:46 +0100
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> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Strowe
> Sent: 24 June 2005 02:38
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> Subject: [THIN] Setting a home directory script
>
> Actually I'm probably going to use a net/user to generate the
> list. Funny thing about AD, it does not give me the name the
> same as the login name.
Well it can do - but if you go about things via LDAP, it's going to give
you the LDAP salient attribute (ie cn or dn). LDAP, per se, doesn't give
a stuff about the windows account / sAMAccountName.
> i.e. it gives me the common name of MICKEY MOUSE, but I don't
> see poor Mickey's normal user name of MMOUSE. (unless I use
> net/user and pipe it to a text file.
When I run net user I get the sAMAccountName <shrug>
> It's a bit cludgy but I can force 300 little wimpy scripts to
> generate. DOS redirection and For commands I'm very
> comfortable with. Is there a better way, ...oh probably but
> this will work.
Well you've got to use what you feel effective with.
Although one thing to be careful with, is not fighting problems because
you're not using the best tool for the task - you can make things quite
difficult, but insistence to cling to something merely because it's what
you know now.
I'm probably well noted for advocating various scripting tools /
languages for various tasks, and it has to be said, for AD
administration, ADSI scripting is the way to go.
Everything else will likely be a contrived cludge.
Neil
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