how do i read and write to the AD uidNumber attribute?

Question

How do I retrieve the uidnumber instead of @{UIDNumber=37505}

and on a side note how do i write back a uidNumber in where one is missing

set-aduser NAME uidnumber 404044

Answer 1

How are you accessing the uidNumber?

$u = Get-ADUser -Identity xxx -property uidNumber  
  
PS C:\Junk> $u.uidnumber.gettype()  
  
IsPublic IsSerial Name                                     BaseType  
-------- -------- ----                                     --------  
True     True     Int32                                    System.ValueType  
  
  
PS C:\Junk> $u.uidNumber  
43114