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You can search the directory for a partcular user, and then read the user's IADs::Name property to get the RDN (I believe there is also an IADs::Get_Name method to retrieve this data). See the following section of the Active Directory Programmer's Guide at <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ad/ad/searching_active_directory.asp" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ad/ad/searching_active_directory.asp</a>&nbsp;for information on how to perform a search of the directory with a query.<br />
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<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/adsi/adsi/iadsuser.asp" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/adsi/adsi/iadsuser.asp</a>&nbsp;details the properties and methods of IADsUser, including those it inherits from IADs (such as Name and Get_Name).
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You can search the directory for a partcular user, and then read the user's IADs::Name property to get the RDN (I believe there is also an IADs::Get_Name method to retrieve this data). See the following section of the Active Directory Programmer's Guide at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ad/ad/searching_active_directory.asp [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ad/ad/searching_active_directory.asp] for information on how to perform a search of the directory with a query.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/adsi/adsi/iadsuser.asp [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/adsi/adsi/iadsuser.asp] details the properties and methods of IADsUser, including those it inherits from IADs (such as Name and Get_Name).

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How do I search AD to find out a users RDN? &nbsp;I want to create a vbscript that goes out and finds a users RDN. &nbsp;Problem is that the user may be in a OU or a CN (will be used to query different users)<br />
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I know I need to bind to AD, then query the user. &nbsp;Do I have to go through the GC? or can i just do an LDAP call?
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How do I search AD to find out a users RDN?  I want to create a vbscript that goes out and finds a users RDN.  Problem is that the user may be in a OU or a CN (will be used to query different users)

I know I need to bind to AD, then query the user.  Do I have to go through the GC? or can i just do an LDAP call?

Finding Users RDN

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