Search-Filter for LDAP (MS Active Directory)

[Tim Golden]

| I asked here a few weeks ago the same question but the answer of Tim
| Golden didn't really help yet.
| 
| I'd like to know how to set up a query for all computer-accounts in a
| special part of Active Directory by using LDAP.

OK. I imagine that this is far too late to solve your particular
problem, and several others have already provided LDAP-based solutions
but... I've uploaded a module-wrapper round Microsoft's LDAP:// object
set to:

http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/downloads/active_directory.py

I'll try to put some info on that site to support it, but
it's fairly simple, fairly well-commented within, and I'll
add an example below to match your situation.

| Example:
| all computers with a name like "ABC*" at "..., ou=Production,
| DC=business,DC=company,DC=com"

<code>
import active_directory
ad = active_directory.AD ()
production = ad.child ("ou=production")

for computer in production.search (["objectClass=computer",
"displayName=ABC*"]):
  print computer
  print "Properties used:", [p for p in computer.properties if getattr
(computer, p)]
  print computer.operatingSystemVersion

</code>

HTH
TJG

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