"Jingle Man" <Jingle***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> No matter what I have tried I cannot get a DSGET query to work for me.
> I'm running a simple network with two 2003 DCs SP1 & a memebr server.
>
> The domain is called ST-SCHOOL.LOCAL
>
> All I want is to get a list of user IDs and full names from  a group
> called 6V
> The syntax I am putting in is as follows:
>
> dsget group "CN=6V,DC=ST-SCHOOL,DC=LOCAL" -members -expand
>
> I have tried without quotes, I have tried putting in the path to the OU -
> [
> OU=CSE,OU=GROUPS ] still nothing.
> Keep getting the error message directory object not found
> I've also tried different groups etc - in fact I have not got one DSGET
> command to work at all.
> Did a quick search on my Tech Net and found article ID 890040 but as this
> is
> included in SP1 I thought all would be ok. Turned off the firewall also -
> still the same. I am logging in to the DC using RDP but I cannot see that
> making a difference.
> Any help would be appreciated as I am pulling my hair out - also tried
> using
> ADfind - still nothing !! AAAGHHH

"Richard Mueller [MVP]" wrote:

> The syntax of the dsget command looks correct, so the Distinguished Name of
> the group must be wrong. In fact, I doubt the group is in the root of the
> domain, as your example indicates. The group "cn=6V" is most likely either
> in the "cn=Users" container, or in an OU. You need to know the Distinguished
> Name of the group. It should be similar to:
>
> CN=6V,cn=Users,DC=ST-SCHOOL,DC=LOCAL
> CN=6V,ou=Students,DC=ST-SCHOOL,DC=LOCAL
> CN=6V,ou=Students,ou=School,DC=ST-SCHOOL,DC=LOCAL
>
> If you don't know the Distinguished Name (DN) of the group, you might be
> able to use dsquery and pipe the DN to dsget. I think the syntax would be:
>
> dsquery group "DC=ST-SCHOOL,DC=LOCAL" -name 6V* | dsget
> group -members -expand
>
> In both cases (dsget and dsquery) the quotes are only required if the name
> has spaces, but it can't hurt to use them.
>
> --
> Richard Mueller
> Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI
> Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
> --
>
> "Jingle Man" <Jingle***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7F943700-90FB-46DF-AE65-1A3D79BEB101@microsoft.com...
> > No matter what I have tried I cannot get a DSGET query to work for me.
> > I'm running a simple network with two 2003 DCs SP1 & a memebr server.
> >
> > The domain is called ST-SCHOOL.LOCAL
> >
> > All I want is to get a list of user IDs and full names from  a group
> > called 6V
> > The syntax I am putting in is as follows:
> >
> > dsget group "CN=6V,DC=ST-SCHOOL,DC=LOCAL" -members -expand
> >
> > I have tried without quotes, I have tried putting in the path to the OU -
> > [
> > OU=CSE,OU=GROUPS ] still nothing.
> > Keep getting the error message directory object not found
> > I've also tried different groups etc - in fact I have not got one DSGET
> > command to work at all.
> > Did a quick search on my Tech Net and found article ID 890040 but as this
> > is
> > included in SP1 I thought all would be ok. Turned off the firewall also -
> > still the same. I am logging in to the DC using RDP but I cannot see that
> > making a difference.
> > Any help would be appreciated as I am pulling my hair out - also tried
> > using
> > ADfind - still nothing !! AAAGHHH
>
>
>