adfind command

[Guest]

Hi,

I am trying to find out the date when the Secure Channel Password for one of
our servers gets reset. I am told that I should use the following command:

adfind -tdc -default -f name=machinename pwdLastSet

Should I run this command on the domain controller? If so, is this command
going to have any adverse effect on either the DC, or the machine which I am
querying about its password reset? FYI: The machine I am querying is
Exchange Server 2000. As you know, Exchange is tightly integrated with
Active Directory. I just want to make sure this command is not going to have
a bad effect on either of two computers.

Thanks

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

This is just a normal LDAP query and wont affect your AD...

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Regards

Matja¾ Ladava, ladava.com
MCSA, MCSE, MCT
Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Directory Services
e-mail: (e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed)

 

[Joe Richards [MVP]]

Adfind is read only, you can't modify in the AD with it.

joe