Recommended way to get ldifde.exe tool?

[Lance]

Hi -

Our product has some scripts that use ldifde.exe to extract information from
AD (W2K). What't the best way for our customers to get the ldifde.exe tool
onto a system that will run these scripts? Is it available in a AD tools
resource kit, etc?

Thanks,
-Lance

 

[Glenn L]

ldifde.exe is provided natively with the W2K and W2K3 OS and is located in
%systemroot%\system32

 

[Lance]

Thanks - so if they install our product on a WinXP Pro system, what's the
best way for them to get ldifde.exe onto the XP system? Is there a download
or toolkit that has it, or do they need to copy from a W2K/W2K3 system?
Or, can we redistribute it with our product installer?

Thanks,
-Lance

 

[ptwilliams]

You can copy it from a server.

I doubt you can distribute it. You'll need to speak to MS about that.


--

Paul Williams

http://www.msresource.net/
http://forums.msresource.net/

Thanks - so if they install our product on a WinXP Pro system, what's the
best way for them to get ldifde.exe onto the XP system? Is there a download
or toolkit that has it, or do they need to copy from a W2K/W2K3 system?
Or, can we redistribute it with our product installer?

Thanks,
-Lance

 

[Brett J]

Have you installed the Windows 2000 Support tools?
refer to article number 237677 for more information about usage.

regards

 

[Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]]

Brett J,

Not sure what installing the Support Tools has to do with ldifde? You
reference the MSKB Article 237677 which gives very basic usage information.
I was not able to find any mention of the Support Tools, though. It does
state, however, that you can copy ldifde to a WIN2000 Pro system and use it
against an AD Domain Controller....

Still not sure what the Support Tools has to do with ldifde? But, it is a
good thing that you mention the Support Tools. They are a wonderful set of
utilities.

--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24014
Microsoft Active Directory MVP

http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com

 

[Lance]

OK. I'll check into it. Thanks for the help!

-Lance

 

[Brett J]

True,

I know Win2k3 has the ldifde, not sure if this was available with Win2k by
default, but I recall some references to the support tools for Win2k.

The KB 237677 contains useful information on syntax.

regards