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dlong@xxxx.yyy
 | | 09/12/2005 6:33 AM |
| Is there any good documentation on AD attributes. The stuff
at msdn.microsoft.com seems pretty useless to me (or maybe I just don™t have
a clue what they are specifying). I need to know if attributes need to be
specified, or if they are automatically populated (and if so, how or what criteria
are used), or don™t need to be present when creating accounts. Here are
the ones I am concerned with at this time, but it sure would be nice to find a
good resource to look this stuff up in.
mail
pwdLastSet
instanceType
showInAddressBook
showInAddressBook
homeMTA
homeMDB
mailNickname
mDBUseDefaults
legacyExchangeDN
textEncodedORAddress
msExchHomeServerName
msExchUserAccountControl
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| michael@xxxx.yyy
| | 09/12/2005 7:19 AM |
| Google. J
Except for pwdLastSet and instanceType,
all of those are Exchange attributes and would not typically be found outside
of an Exchange environment (well, some of them, like mail, exist
even when the schema hasn™t been extended for Exchange). pwdLastSet is
only going to exist on a user or inetOrgPerson object and defines the last time
a password was set for that object. A nice easy read on that can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnclinic/html/scripting09102002.asp.
instanceType is typically 4 and is defined pretty
well at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url="">.
The others are generally set by the
Recipient Update Service when a mailbox is created for a user or inetOrgPerson
object. I think this KB covers all of those you listed: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=296479
None of these must be set when creating an
account.
From:
ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas M. Long
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005
2:22 PM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ActiveDir] Attribute
Documentation
Is there any good documentation on AD attributes. The stuff
at msdn.microsoft.com seems pretty useless to me (or maybe I just don™t
have a clue what they are specifying). I need to know if attributes need to be
specified, or if they are automatically populated (and if so, how or what
criteria are used), or don™t need to be present when creating accounts.
Here are the ones I am concerned with at this time, but it sure would be nice
to find a good resource to look this stuff up in.
mail
pwdLastSet
instanceType
showInAddressBook
showInAddressBook
homeMTA
homeMDB
mailNickname
mDBUseDefaults
legacyExchangeDN
textEncodedORAddress
msExchHomeServerName
msExchUserAccountControl
Thanks | | | |
| listmail
Posts:428
| | 09/12/2005 7:52 AM |
| Most of those are Exchange related and Exchange docs are
pretty poor. Your best best is to enter each into a google search and start
chasing the support docs. You will often find little bits of info spread across
multiple docs. Some you set, some are set by the RUS. Lots of different factors
going on.
Of the two that aren't Exchange
pwdLastSet is owned/set by the OS. You can only set two
values for it, 0 and -1. 0 means the account is flagged to change password on
next logon, -1 clears that flag.
instancetype has info about how the object is instantiated.
You almost never have to do anything with this unless you are working with ADAM
and creating a new NC.
joe
From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas M.
LongSent: Monday, September 12, 2005 2:22 PMTo:
ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [ActiveDir] Attribute
Documentation
Is there any good documentation on
AD attributes. The stuff at msdn.microsoft.com seems pretty useless to me (or
maybe I just don™t have a clue what they are specifying). I need to know if
attributes need to be specified, or if they are automatically populated (and if
so, how or what criteria are used), or don™t need to be present when creating
accounts. Here are the ones I am concerned with at this time, but it sure would
be nice to find a good resource to look this stuff up
in.
mail
pwdLastSet
instanceType
showInAddressBook
showInAddressBook
homeMTA
homeMDB
mailNickname
mDBUseDefaults
legacyExchangeDN
textEncodedORAddress
msExchHomeServerName
msExchUserAccountControl
Thanks | | | |
| TonyTest
Posts:0
| | 09/12/2005 8:12 AM |
| I know Joe R raised this issue a while back. From
what I remember his suggestion to Microsoft was to maintain a database to
provide more detail on the AD schema. I'm not sure how far this got, but I
suspect Joe will have some input.
A number of the attributes you show below are maintained by
RUS. There are some helpful KB articles which cover the attributes touched
by RUS in some detail:
Tasks performed
by the Exchange Recipient Update Service
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253770
XADM:
Requirements for Disabling the Recipient Update
Service
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=296479
Tony
From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas M.
LongSent: Tuesday, 13 September 2005 6:22 a.m.To:
ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [ActiveDir] Attribute
Documentation
Is there any good documentation on
AD attributes. The stuff at msdn.microsoft.com seems pretty useless to me (or
maybe I just don™t have a clue what they are specifying). I need to know if
attributes need to be specified, or if they are automatically populated (and if
so, how or what criteria are used), or don™t need to be present when creating
accounts. Here are the ones I am concerned with at this time, but it sure would
be nice to find a good resource to look this stuff up
in.
mail
pwdLastSet
instanceType
showInAddressBook
showInAddressBook
homeMTA
homeMDB
mailNickname
mDBUseDefaults
legacyExchangeDN
textEncodedORAddress
msExchHomeServerName
msExchUserAccountControl
Thanks
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| dlong@xxxx.yyy
| | 09/13/2005 2:31 AM |
| Thanks everyone!!! It looks like mailNickname,
mail, homeMDB, mDBUseDefaults, msExchHomeServerName are the only attributes
that I needed to create a mailbox enabled user.
From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Tony Murray
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005
4:09 PM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Attribute
Documentation
I know Joe R raised this issue a while
back. From what I remember his suggestion to Microsoft was to maintain a
database to provide more detail on the AD schema. I'm not sure how far
this got, but I suspect Joe will have some input.
A number of the attributes you show below
are maintained by RUS. There are some helpful KB articles which cover the
attributes touched by RUS in some detail:
Tasks performed by the Exchange Recipient
Update Service
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253770
XADM: Requirements for Disabling the
Recipient Update Service
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=296479
Tony
From:
ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas M. Long
Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2005
6:22 a.m.
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ActiveDir] Attribute
Documentation
Is there any good documentation on AD attributes. The stuff
at msdn.microsoft.com seems pretty useless to me (or maybe I just don™t
have a clue what they are specifying). I need to know if attributes need to be
specified, or if they are automatically populated (and if so, how or what
criteria are used), or don™t need to be present when creating accounts.
Here are the ones I am concerned with at this time, but it sure would be nice
to find a good resource to look this stuff up in.
mail
pwdLastSet
instanceType
showInAddressBook
showInAddressBook
homeMTA
homeMDB
mailNickname
mDBUseDefaults
legacyExchangeDN
textEncodedORAddress
msExchHomeServerName
msExchUserAccountControl
Thanks
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| michael@xxxx.yyy
| | 09/13/2005 2:37 AM |
| Be aware that creating a mailbox without
using CreateMailbox is not a supported operation. J
From:
ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas M. Long
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005
10:29 AM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Attribute
Documentation
Thanks everyone!!! It looks like
mailNickname, mail, homeMDB, mDBUseDefaults, msExchHomeServerName are the only
attributes that I needed to create a mailbox enabled user.
From:
ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tony Murray
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005
4:09 PM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Attribute
Documentation
I know Joe R raised this issue a while
back. From what I remember his suggestion to Microsoft was to maintain a
database to provide more detail on the AD schema. I'm not sure how far
this got, but I suspect Joe will have some input.
A number of the attributes you show below
are maintained by RUS. There are some helpful KB articles which cover the
attributes touched by RUS in some detail:
Tasks performed by the Exchange Recipient
Update Service
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253770
XADM: Requirements for Disabling the Recipient
Update Service
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=296479
Tony
From:
ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas M. Long
Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2005
6:22 a.m.
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ActiveDir] Attribute
Documentation
Is there any good documentation on AD attributes. The stuff
at msdn.microsoft.com seems pretty useless to me (or maybe I just don™t
have a clue what they are specifying). I need to know if attributes need to be
specified, or if they are automatically populated (and if so, how or what
criteria are used), or don™t need to be present when creating accounts.
Here are the ones I am concerned with at this time, but it sure would be nice
to find a good resource to look this stuff up in.
mail
pwdLastSet
instanceType
showInAddressBook
showInAddressBook
homeMTA
homeMDB
mailNickname
mDBUseDefaults
legacyExchangeDN
textEncodedORAddress
msExchHomeServerName
msExchUserAccountControl
Thanks
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