| Wayne Miller |
| (Fresh Scripter) |
| 2005-03-16 10:32 PM |
In Container
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I am trying to determine what OU a computer is in.
using the UDF
Call "Incontainer.udf"
Code:
$rc = InContainer("OU=ComputerName,OU=Site,OU=BU,DC=us,DC=guess,DC=com", "Computer")
? $rc
I am getting the error code
Script error : expected expression !
$Name2 = TranslateName (3, "", 3, $Name1, 1)
Any Idea? I have both the InContainer.udf and TranslateName.udf functions in the directory as the script.
| Les |
| (KiX Master) |
| 2005-03-16 10:36 PM |
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Re: In Container
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The UDF returns an array and KiX cannot take an array directed to the console.
Try:
$rc = InContainer("OU=ComputerName,OU=Site,OU=BU,DC=us,DC=guess,DC=com", "Computer")[0]
| Wayne Miller |
| (Fresh Scripter) |
| 2005-03-16 10:51 PM |
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Re: In Container
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I still got the same error. It seems to be coming from the translate code. If you want I can upload it but I took it directly off the udf library.
| maciep |
| (Korg Regular) |
| 2005-03-16 10:56 PM |
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Re: In Container
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did you read the dependencies of the udf, you need the TranslateName() udf as well
Quote:
;DEPENDENCIES OS: Active Directory aware client
; Other Functions: TranslateName()
| Wayne Miller |
| (Fresh Scripter) |
| 2005-03-16 11:25 PM |
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Re: In Container
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Thanks. I assumed that the incontainer was calling translatename.
However I am now getting object is Not a member of this container or a chile of this container. However I know it is.
Is it possible I am missing something in the syntax.
Code:
;$rc = InContainer("OU=ComputerName,OU=Site,OU=BU,DC=us,DC=guess,DC=com", "Computer") | Les |
| (KiX Master) |
| 2005-03-17 12:15 AM |
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Re: In Container
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How can we know if you have the syntax right if you obfuscate the DN with bogus example? What is "OU=ComputerName" supposed to represent? Do you really have a computer in an OU that that is called "computername"?
| Les |
| (KiX Master) |
| 2005-03-17 01:41 AM |
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Re: In Container
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WHat I originally said about the UDF returning an array still stands. You cannot direct $rc to the console.
| Wayne Miller |
| (Fresh Scripter) |
| 2005-03-17 10:27 PM |
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Re: In Container
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When exectued the following appears
object is NOT a member of this container or a child of this container
However I have verified that computer lta0210896a exist in
an ou within the NTX ou
Am I listing the computer name correctly?
Code:
Call "translatename.udf"
Call "Incontainer.udf"
$rc= InContainer("OU=@WKSTA,OU=NTX,DC=us,DC=dseg,DC=com","Computer")
Select
Case $rc[0]=1 ? "object is a member of the specified container."
Case $rc[0]=2 ? "object is a member of a child container lower in the hierarchy."
Case $rc[0]=0 ? "object is NOT a member of this container or a child of this container."
Case $rc[0]=-1 ? "InContainer() Error - Invalid input for $NameType "
Case $rc[0]=-2 ? "TranslateName() Error"
Case 1 ? "Unknown return code"
EndSelect
| Les |
| (KiX Master) |
| 2005-03-17 10:38 PM |
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Re: In Container
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You are using the UDF wrong. @WKSTA is not an OU is it? I mean, you don't have an OU named after every computer do you?
$rc= InContainer("OU=NTX,DC=us,DC=dseg,DC=com","Computer")
| Howard Bullock |
| (KiX Supporter) |
| 2005-03-17 10:40 PM |
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Re: In Container
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If you post your code that is failing, I would be happy to review it. Be sure to use the Instant UBB code (Code) to properly format the posted code.
| Les |
| (KiX Master) |
| 2005-03-17 10:47 PM |
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Re: In Container
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The computer name is implied. You should not pass it as a parm. If you need a version of Howard's UDF that takes the computername as a 3rd parm, I modified the UDF to work in an admin script.
| Wayne Miller |
| (Fresh Scripter) |
| 2005-03-18 12:15 AM |
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Re: In Container
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Thanks Les. Thats It I didn't read the udf paramaters properly.
| Jaap_Lelie |
| (Fresh Scripter) |
| 2005-04-04 12:30 PM |
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Re: In Container
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Dazzling...
Simple question, I hope. I've browsed the board and all examples I see start from the principle that I ask "Is this user in OU xxx?" and I get a Yes or a No.
Is there a way to just get a string returned that represents the OU the user is in? like a sort of GetOU("%USERNAME%") so to speak?
My thanks,
Jaap.
| Les |
| (KiX Master) |
| 2005-04-04 02:59 PM |
Re: In Container
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No, but the TranslateName() UDF with a simple Split() or two would do it. It has been discussed before.