I have the AD Global Catalog configured. There are several domains in catalog. How can I query all users from one of subdomains?
I have tried such query buy nothing found
(&(objectCategory=user)(dc=sub,dc=domain,dc=com)(sAMAccountName=Administrator))
How can I fix this query to make it working?
You can use the below query to get the users from one of the subdomains in AD Global Catalog :
(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(memberOf=cn=Domain Users,cn=Users,dc=sub,dc=domain,dc=com)(sAMAccountName=Administrator)
Reference : https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/5392.active-directory-ldap-syntax-filters.aspx
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In my AD forest i have one primary domain and three child domains.
Is there any way to query forest to search in all domains controllers to chek if user is memberof a group?
I already try ldap bind + search, but using this method i need to query each domain individual.
I also try ldap bind + search to global catalog, but global catalog don't get all the information from the childs domains, special group members.
So is there any way to search the entire forest without need to contact each domain controller?
If not possible by ldapsearch, someone can guide me the correct way?
Thanks in advance
André Bolinhas
You could try ldapsearch against the Global Catalog.
A Global Catalog server is a Domain Controller that stores Global Catalog information; its database stores rows for every object in the AD Forest instead of rows for only the objects in one AD DOMAIN.
Characteristics of Global Catalog
Global Catalogs are also Domain Controllers
Global Catalog servers stores information about all objects of all domains of the entire forest.
Global Catalog servers do Not the complete set of attributes for these objects are stored.
Global Catalog servers replicate the data with all other Global Catalogs in the forest.
Global Catalog function increases replication load on the regarding server.
Global Catalog access over LDAP is done as a normal LDAP connection over TCP port 3268 (or 3269 for LDAP over SSL).
Global Catalog requests are Read Only.
Global Catalog Domain Controller have a DNS SRV Record is created in DNS.
There are also several dsquery commands that might work.
I am querying Active Directory from SQL Server via a Linked Server called LDAP.
The linked server was created thus, authenticating through a specially created service account myDomain\ServiceAccountWithNoPermissions.
exec master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver #server = N'LDAP', #srvproduct=N'Active Directory Service Interfaces', #provider=N'ADSDSOObject', #datasrc=N'adsdatasource'
exec master.dbo.sp_addlinkedsrvlogin #rmtsrvname=N'LDAP',#useself=N'False',#locallogin=NULL,#rmtuser=N'myDomain\ServiceAccountWithNoPermissions',#rmtpassword='########'
And I'm querying the members of a specific Active Directory Group with the following:
select *
from OpenQuery (LDAP, '
select objectGUID, sAMAccountName
from ''LDAP://myServer.myDomain.com/DC=myDomain,DC=com''
where MemberOf=''CN=Some Group,OU=Folder,DC=myDomain,DC=com''
order by sAMAccountName asc
');
Here's my problem. The above system is working correctly for some Active Directory Groups and not others.
By default I think Authenticated Users is supposed to be able to query any User or Group objects in Active Directory. And as a test I verified that the effective permissions of myDomain\ServiceAccountWithNoPermissions includes "Read all properties" on Groups for which the members are both queryable and non-queryable.
What could be the difference between Groups that are queryable and non-queryable?
You didn't describe what you mean by it working incorrectly, so I can only guess. But the most obvious thing I can see is that you're querying the membership of a group by using memberOf. Depending on how your environment is setup, that may not give you all the results you hope for. I wrote about this, but here's the important part:
Groups only get added to memberOf if they have a Group Scope of:
Universal and are in the same AD forest as the user, or
Global and are on the same domain.
Groups do not get added to memberOf if they have a Group Scope of Global and are on another domain (even if in the same forest).
On top of that, memberOf will only include Domain Local groups from the same domain of the server you are retrieving results from. (if you are working in a multi-domain environment and reading from a Global Catalog, this may not be the same domain the user is from)
It will also not report the user’s primary group (usually Domain Users), if that’s important to you, nor will it include groups on external trusted domains.
The most reliable way to find all the members of a group is to read the member attribute of the group itself. But if the group is used as the primary group for any users, then you would also have to use a different way to find those.
I have one forest like demo.com. In the forest contains two domains are first.demo.com and second.demo.com then I have several users in first.demo.com and created a group using that user. Again I created one group in second.demo.com using first.demo.com user. I want to get both groups using LDAP query.
When you run an ldap query, you query an LDAP partition, i.e. DC=first,DC=demo,DC=com. The partition DC=second,DC=demo,DC=com maybe is in the same forest, but is hosted on another domain controller and is a specific partition.
The global catalog holds information for the whole forest, but as it contains all users and groups accross the forest, some attributes are not recorded in (to minimize its size).
If you query an attribute that is not in the global catalog, my suggestion is that you should script your ldap query like this:
query the forest domain root to get the list of all domains in the forest
for each domain, run your ldap query
Found this answer here: How to find trusted domain groups using Ldap query
I configured our Cloudera Navigator service to authenticate via LDAP. I'm able to login in Navigator, however I instantly get an error:
You are not authorized to view this page
When I log in with full administrator and try to search for LDAP groups to add, I get nothing returned, so I think there is something wrong with my configuration. Where should I be able to see how does the LDAP query look like?
I use identical settings for LDAP as I used when configuring Cloudera Manager, where everything works fine. The LDAP group I'm looking for has a "Navigator" admin role assigned in CM.
I would use this tool to monitor which queries are performed on the AD :
https://learn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/sysinternals/downloads/adinsight
I need a LDAP query for windows server 2012 AD starting from the username of a user and getting all his collegues. In my AD collegues ad identified with the same PRIMARY group.
Is it possibile or should I need a two step query?
Thank you.
Unfortunately, LDAP filtering syntax does not allow for sub-queries within the expression.
You'd have to break this into two parts - first get the user's DirectoryEntry record, then use his PrimaryGroupID in a separate filter, something like :
(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=JSmith)
Now let's say JSmith is part of the default "Domain Users" group (513) :
(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(primaryGroupID=513))
This will return all users that share that same PrimaryGroupID.