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Active Directory Group Search with Wildcard

I am new to using the query abilities for Ad. I want to search for a group in which I do not know the complete name. I tried to search for *criteria* and %criteria%. I also toyed with the advanced search without positive results. I would like to know where I would go to query for a group and what they syntax would be to do so using a partial group name. A couple of links to some good resources would be nice as I am certain I will be expanding on this same query method in the near future.

Thanks for the help

Mike Kline

If you were looking for a good link, this is one I like http://www.selfadsi.org/ldap-filter.htm

If you want to do this natively you can use ADUC

(&(objectcategory=group)(name=*criteria*))

I can take a screen shot if that would be helpful.

Thanks

Mike

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Mike Kline

That is odd, I just used name and samaccountname and it worked (see screenshots)

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Mike Kline

That is odd because the examples/screenshot shows it does work. I think you should pass some points along as it did help you.

Thanks

Mike

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