dsquery filter

Björn

Hello!

I have the following question:

I want to use dsquery to get all users in a specified OU who are members
of an given group.

I try it so:

dsquery * "OU=OU1,OU=Accounts,DC=domain,DC=local" -attr name memberOf
-filter "(memberOf=*ocsgrp*)"

The result set is always empty. I expect 3 users.

Whats wrong?

Many thanks!!

Richard Mueller [MVP]

Björn wrote:

> I have the following question:
>
> I want to use dsquery to get all users in a specified OU who are members
> of an given group.
>
> I try it so:
>
> dsquery * "OU=OU1,OU=Accounts,DC=domain,DC=local" -attr name
> memberOf -filter "(memberOf=*ocsgrp*)"
>
> The result set is always empty. I expect 3 users.
>
> Whats wrong?

You must specify the full Distinguished Name of the group in the filter
clause. Wildcards don't work. Something like:

-filter (memberOf=cn=ocsgrp,OU=OU1,OU=Accounts,DC=domain,D C=local)

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