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Can someone tell me the easiest way to find out what OU a user is a member of.

Thanks

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The OU is part of the distinghuishedname of the user object. So, if you know
how to get the DN, you will get the OU. Alternatively, if you enable
"advanced" view in ADUC, you can also see the OU of an object by looking at
the properties.

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> Can someone tell me the easiest way to find out what OU a user is a member
> of.
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> Thanks

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On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:14:02 -0700, "Ziguana" <Ziguana@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Can someone tell me the easiest way to find out what OU a user is a member of.
>
>Thanks

You can use dsquery to query the user name for the distinguished name.

dsquery * domainroot -filter "(&(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=User)(sAMAccountName=Jerry))" -attr distinguishedName -limit 0

See tip 7714 » What attribute names can I use with the user filtered dsquery command?
in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com

You can use ADFind freeware to do the same:
adfind -default -dsq -f "&(objectcategory=person)(samaccountname=Jerry)"

See tip 5898 » Freeware ADFind

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Reply to Anonymous

Did you read the question thouroughly? It says: "The EASIESTway" :sleep:

I don't think neither of the repliers knew what the question was, and neither knew how to reply :pt1cable:

So here's the solution:
1.) Goto Active Directory users and Computers
2.) Goto menu "View" and enable "Advanced Features"
3.) No find your user and check his/her properties. You'll see that there will be an additional tab called "Object", which shows the cannonical name. Hence the tree to the OU will be displayed.

How easy do you want it?

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