Display user(s) from active directory.
Syntax
DSGET user UserDN [-dn] [-samid] [-sid] [-upn] [-fn] [-mi] [-ln]
[-display] [-empid] [-desc] [-office] [-tel] [-email] [-hometel] [-pager] [-mobile]
[-fax] [-iptel] [-webpg] [-title] [-dept] [-company] [-mgr] [-hmdir] [-hmdrv] [-profile]
[-loscr] [-mustchpwd] [-canchpwd] [-pwdneverexpires] [-disabled] [-acctexpires] [-reversiblepwd]
[{-uc | -uco | -uci}] [-part PartitionDN [-qlimit] [-qused]]
DSGET user UserDN [-memberof] [-expand][{-uc | -uco | -uci}]
Key
UserDN Distinguished Name of the user to view.
-dn Display the distinguished names.
-samid Display the Security Account Manager (SAM) account names
-sid Display the user security identifiers (SIDs).
-upn Display the user principal names (UPNs).
-fn Display the first names.
-mi Display the middle initials.
-ln Display the last names.
-display Display the display names.
-empid Display the employee IDs.
-desc Display the descriptions.
-full Display the full names.
-office Display the office locations.
-tel Display the telephone numbers.
-email Display the email addresses.
-hometel Display the home telephone numbers.
-pager Display the pager numbers.
-mobile Display the mobile phone numbers.
-fax Display the fax numbers.
-iptel Display the user IP phone numbers.
-webpg Display the user Web page URLs.
-title Display the titles.
-dept Display the departments.
-company Display the company information.
-mgr Display the managers.
-hmdir Display the users home directory.
-hmdrv Display the user’s home drive letter.
-profile Display the user profile paths.
-loscr Display the user logon script paths.
-mustchpwd Display whether users must change their passwords at next logon (yes/no).
-canchpwd Display whether users can change their password (yes/no).
-pwdneverexpires Display whether passwords never expire (yes/no).
-disabled Display whether user accounts are disabled (yes/no).
-acctexpires Display the dates when user accounts expire. (date/never).
-reversiblepwd Display whether user passwords will be stored with reversible encryption (yes/no).
-memberof Display the immediate list of groups of which the user is a member.
-expand Display the recursively expanded list of groups of which the user is a member.
-uc Unicode format.
-uco Unicode format for output only.
-uci Unicode format for input only.
-part Connect to the directory partition PartitionDN.
-qlimit Display the effective quota of the user within PartitionDN.
-qused Display how much quota the user has used within PartitionDN.
Dsget can accept stdin from the keyboard, from a redirected file, or as piped output from another command e.g. DSQuery
Find the list of groups, recursively expanded, to which the user Fred belongs:
C:\> dsget user "cn=fred,ou=Users,ou=AcmeCo,dc=windevcluster,dc=com" -memberof -expand
Display the distinguished name and description of domain controller Dom1:
C:\> dsget server CN=Dom1,CN=Servers,CN=AcmeCo,DC=windevcluster,DC=Com -dn -desc
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch” ~ Milton Friedman
DSAdd - Add object. DSAdd User - Add a user to active directory.
DSMod - Modify object. DSMod User - Modify a user account in active directory.
DSGet - Display object.
DSMove - Move object.
DSQuery - Search for objects. DSQuery User - Search for users in active directory.
DSRM - Delete object.
PowerShell: Get-adUser - Get one or more AD users.