(Server 2008 R2) Active Directory returns the UID attribute (not the GUID) in Base64 instead of plain text?
hello, we have application makes use of a n active directory (server 2008 r2) setup own forest , domain. use ldap directory , dns services. we create ad accounts in ad have particular uid value (e.g. uid=cn=\"my, name\", ou=somewhere, o=yes, c=ca). note: we're not using ad guid, rather ldap attribute uid. our application executes ldap query on ad by filtering on uid value to retrieve specific ad account, , properties (i.e. ad account status , group membership). when application executes following ldap query, no results found (i've executed same query on ad server itself, using ldifde, , nothing returned): - target dn:ou=subhere,dc=xyz,dc=local - search scope: sub - filter: ( & (objectclass=user) (uid=cn=\"my, name\", ou=somewhere, o=yes, c=ca) ) - attributes return: samaccountname,memberof ldifde -f testldap_loggedinuser.txt -s localhost -v -d "ou=subhere,dc=xyz,dc=local" -p subtree -r "( & (objectclass=user) (uid=cn...