DirectoryServices - Query for DN

Question

Hello,

Need help with bellow, as for some machines I got no results and for some it returns LDAP DN.

Is there any pre-requisite in order for this to work, or what I should check?

$ComputerName=$env:ComputerName

Function Get-ComputerDN($ComputerName){
$root = [ADSI]''
$searcher = new-object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher($root)
$searcher.filter = "(&(objectClass=computer) (CN=$ComputerName))"
$adfind = $searcher.findall()
$DN = $adfind
Return $DN.path
}

Write-Host $env:ComputerName
Write-Host $ComputerName
Write-Host $computerDN

Regards,
Jan

Answer 1

Hi Jan,

you need to call the function, like in the example below:

Please note that the format is not exactly a DN (It begins with LDAP*).
There is a lot simpler way to get the DN of a computer in AD. Please check the example below:

Here is also the code:

$ComputerName=$env:ComputerName  
$ComputerDN = (Get-ADComputer -Identity $ComputerName -Properties *).DistinguishedName  
Write-Host $ComputerDNS  

I hope I was able to help you out!

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Regards,
Stoyan

Answer 2

Oh my bad, I was looking for difference, as on test device it was reporting result, but it was probably something cached.

Thanks