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#122293 - 2004-07-07 05:13 PM Getting Display Name from AD
jan Offline
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Hi,

I'm trying to get the Display Name from AD, but when I try to use the command:
SHELL "dsquery user OU=KPDK,DC=Q8INT,DC=com -samid %username%|dsget user -display -q -l"

It gives an error:
"dsquery failed:`user' is an unknown parameter.
type dsquery /? for help."

If I remove "|dsget user -display -q -l", it works fine. So it must be something with the pipe it doesn't like.

When I run the command from the prompt it works fine.

Is there a better way of getting Display Name from the AD or how do I get KIX to accept the full command.

Hope someone can help me

Jan
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#122294 - 2004-07-07 05:23 PM Re: Getting Display Name from AD
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The problem with your current approach is that you are missing %COMSPEC% which the pipe '|' requires. There is a FAQ on that.
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Is there a better way of getting Display Name from the AD


Yes. COM ADSI would be the way to go. There are lots of examples posted on the board.
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#122295 - 2004-07-08 01:56 PM Re: Getting Display Name from AD
jan Offline
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Registered: 2004-07-07
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Hi,

I've tried to search and found many hints on how to use ADSI, but I can't get it to work myself. Could you please give me an example.

Thanks
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#122296 - 2004-07-08 02:21 PM Re: Getting Display Name from AD
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There are many different ways to do this, so it would help if we knew why/where you are trying to do this. Are you doing it in the logon script? Are you trying to export all user's display names?
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#122297 - 2004-07-08 04:01 PM Re: Getting Display Name from AD
jan Offline
Getting the hang of it

Registered: 2004-07-07
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Hi,

It's for a loginscript where I want to insert the users fullname (displayname object in AD) and the logonname (I know how to do that) as Username and Initials in Office 2000 registry. So I only need the information for the user how are currently logs on.

Hope this is enough info

Jan
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#122298 - 2004-07-08 04:41 PM Re: Getting Display Name from AD
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Does the "@FULLNAME" macro not work for you?
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#122299 - 2004-07-08 04:54 PM Re: Getting Display Name from AD
jan Offline
Getting the hang of it

Registered: 2004-07-07
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Thats was to easy!! Thanks for your quick reply
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#122300 - 2004-07-08 04:58 PM Re: Getting Display Name from AD
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The built-in macros are part of what makes KiXtart so powerful and easy to use.
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