How to get all users who belongs to some group?

External Since: Sep 24, 2008 Posts: 1

Hi i need to get all users belonging to some groups in AD.

Does anybody know what the filter would look like?

thanks

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External Since: Feb 25, 2007 Posts: 91

mateo666 wrote:

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> Hi i need to get all users belonging to some groups in AD.
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> Does anybody know what the filter would look like?

You must specify the Distinguished Name (DN) of the group in the filter. If
you want users only:

(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(memberOf=cn=TestGroup,ou=West,dc=MyDomain,dc=com))

That filters on all users that are direct member of the specified group,
except any that have the group designated as their "primary". To retrieve
all direct members regardless of class (users, contacts, groups, computers)
use:

(memberOf=cn=TestGroup,ou=West,dc=MyDomain,dc=com)

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