RE: [ActiveDir] Anyone ever convert dnsRecord attribute?

[Mulnick, Al]

In that case, as the other poster mentioned DNS.cmd might be a better way.

 

Al

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From: AD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 2:30 PM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Anyone ever convert dnsRecord attribute?

I am looking for duplicate registrations in the reverse lookup zone. I am hoping to export everything to txt (40000+ objects) file so I can parse using excel. I actually found the article you mention but the I have to install the WMI provider on the DC. I am hoping to avoid this if I can. Tha't why I am hoping to use LDAP with some sort of OctetString converter.

 

 

Y

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From: Mulnick, Al
Sent: Fri 26/03/2004 1:04 PM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Anyone ever convert dnsRecord attribute?

You mean like a zone transfer?

 

DNS.CMD could be useful, scripting could be useful such as this one http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/scriptcenter/network/scnet163.mspx (note the requirements).

DNSLINT might have some value for you as well.

Heck, Nslookup in a loop might be useful but you'd have to know what you're going after. 

 

Saying all of that, you could transfer the zone to a non-integrated instance and parse the zone file if you really wanted to. 

 

I'd opt for the script, but that's me.

 

 

 

Al

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From: AD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 1:00 PM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Anyone ever convert dnsRecord attribute?

Hi Al,

 

Can you elaborate how I can export the entire zone via DNS.

 

Thanks

 

Yves

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From: Mulnick, Al
Sent: Fri 26/03/2004 11:57 AM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Anyone ever convert dnsRecord attribute?

Why do you want to enumerate via LDAP?  Why not via DNS?

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From: AD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 11:39 AM
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Subject: [ActiveDir] Anyone ever convert dnsRecord attribute?

Help,

 

We have a DNS integrated zone and I have a need to enumerate all reverse lookup records. Unfortunetaly the computer name in saved in a octectstring format attribute called dnsRecord.

 

Lookup a record in the

DC=xx.in-addr.arpa,CN=MicrosoftDNS,

CN=System,DC=DomainName"

container and you will see what I am talking about.

 

As anyone ever written a function to convert this octetstring to something that is readable?

 

 

Thanks

 

 

Yves St-Cyr