Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

2009-12-30 Thread Kevin Begosh
I have been using ADExplorer.  It calls out the tree it is just a little
different and backwards from the way remedy puts it in.

Thanks,
Kevin

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Grooms, Frederick W <
frederick.w.gro...@xo.com> wrote:

> Use a tool like LDP and see what the distinguishedName is for a user and
> that will tell you how it is laid out in your tree.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:
> arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Begosh
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:36 AM
> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>
> **
> okay so all the OU's would go before the DC's, thanks.  I was trying it the
> other way around.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>  On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Grooms, Frederick W wrote:
> It should go something like this (in this case I am looking at an OU of:
> "User Accounts"):
>
> ldap:///OU=User
> Accounts,DC=www,DC=mycompany,DC=net??sub?(objectclass=user)
>
> Fred
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:
> arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Begosh
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:38 AM
> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
> **
> Fred,
> How do you add the OU to the vendor form query string, I added mine and I
> am getting an error?  ARS 7.5, ITMS 7.5, Windows 2003
>
> Kevin
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Drew Shuller  wrote:
> Norm! Thanks for the help. Thanks again Fred.
>
> I tried it out in a form, it looks like it's going to work.
>
> Drew
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Drew Shuller wrote:
> > Norm! Thanks for the help. Thanks again Fred.
> >
> > I tried it out in a form, it looks like it's going to work.
> >
> > Drew
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Grooms, Frederick W wrote:
> >> I learned not to use sAMAccountName as Request ID.  I use uSNCreated
> (which *SHOULD BE* unique and less than 15 characters).  Just use
> sAMAccountName as a regular field from the ActiveDirectory.
> >>
> >> Fred
> >>
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:
> arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:35 PM
> >> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> >> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
> >>
> >> Thank you Fred, that's very helpful. After some googling I was able to
> >> generate a query using the MMC console, which was helpful in that I
> >> got to see a lot of columns of data all in one place.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the query string. My guy wanted to see what Remedy was
> >> generating...no one can see that in Remedy itself but it looks like
> >> one can figure it out and build it because an LDAP/AD query is an
> >> LDAP/AD query, so to speak.
> >>
> >> My only other problem (AD-wise that is) is the mismatch between the
> >> samAccountName attribute length and the 6.3 RequestID field length,
> >> which causes blank entries in the vendor form. Oddly enough I can see
> >> the name in the Results list but not in the fields of the form itself.
> >> I suggested that we truncate the samAccountName field to 15 characters
> >> and put the result in an unused AD attribute and then use that for the
> >> Request ID map. Any suggestions on that? Has this been handled in the
> >> Remedy versions released after the stone age? Not that I'm knocking
> >> 6.3, I kinda like it, it gives me a nice warm fuzzy. :-)
> >>
> >> Drew
> >> Soto Cano
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:39 PM, "Grooms, Frederick W" wrote:
> >>> ldap://[:]/??sub?()
> >>>
> >>> As long as you have "sub" in there it should look at your user base and
> all sublevels (the other option I know of is "one").
> >>>
> >>> In your Vendor Form definition you set the  to be the top
> level of your organization where you want to start searching. In my case I
> have it set to the root of the tree.
> >>>
> >>> If you turn on the plugin log to the highest level you can see the
> queries generated.  Basically all the system is doing is to append to the
> ldap string the rest of your search parameters.  i.e.  If I put "grooms" in
> the sAMAccountName field on my LDAP vendor form the query generated is:
> >>>
>  
> ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=BBBB,DC=N

Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

2009-12-30 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
Use a tool like LDP and see what the distinguishedName is for a user and that 
will tell you how it is laid out in your tree.

-Original Message-
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
[mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Begosh
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:36 AM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

** 
okay so all the OU's would go before the DC's, thanks.  I was trying it the 
other way around.
 
Kevin


On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Grooms, Frederick W wrote:
It should go something like this (in this case I am looking at an OU of: "User 
Accounts"):

ldap:///OU=User 
Accounts,DC=www,DC=mycompany,DC=net??sub?(objectclass=user)

Fred

-Original Message-
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
[mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Begosh
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:38 AM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
**
Fred,
How do you add the OU to the vendor form query string, I added mine and I am 
getting an error?  ARS 7.5, ITMS 7.5, Windows 2003
 
Kevin
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Drew Shuller  wrote:
Norm! Thanks for the help. Thanks again Fred.

I tried it out in a form, it looks like it's going to work.

Drew

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Drew Shuller wrote:
> Norm! Thanks for the help. Thanks again Fred.
>
> I tried it out in a form, it looks like it's going to work.
>
> Drew
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Grooms, Frederick W wrote:
>> I learned not to use sAMAccountName as Request ID.  I use uSNCreated (which 
>> *SHOULD BE* unique and less than 15 characters).  Just use sAMAccountName as 
>> a regular field from the ActiveDirectory.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
>> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:35 PM
>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
>> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>>
>> Thank you Fred, that's very helpful. After some googling I was able to
>> generate a query using the MMC console, which was helpful in that I
>> got to see a lot of columns of data all in one place.
>>
>> Thanks for the query string. My guy wanted to see what Remedy was
>> generating...no one can see that in Remedy itself but it looks like
>> one can figure it out and build it because an LDAP/AD query is an
>> LDAP/AD query, so to speak.
>>
>> My only other problem (AD-wise that is) is the mismatch between the
>> samAccountName attribute length and the 6.3 RequestID field length,
>> which causes blank entries in the vendor form. Oddly enough I can see
>> the name in the Results list but not in the fields of the form itself.
>> I suggested that we truncate the samAccountName field to 15 characters
>> and put the result in an unused AD attribute and then use that for the
>> Request ID map. Any suggestions on that? Has this been handled in the
>> Remedy versions released after the stone age? Not that I'm knocking
>> 6.3, I kinda like it, it gives me a nice warm fuzzy. :-)
>>
>> Drew
>> Soto Cano
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:39 PM, "Grooms, Frederick W" wrote:
>>> ldap://[:]/??sub?()
>>>
>>> As long as you have "sub" in there it should look at your user base and all 
>>> sublevels (the other option I know of is "one").
>>>
>>> In your Vendor Form definition you set the  to be the top level 
>>> of your organization where you want to start searching. In my case I have 
>>> it set to the root of the tree.
>>>
>>> If you turn on the plugin log to the highest level you can see the queries 
>>> generated.  Basically all the system is doing is to append to the ldap 
>>> string the rest of your search parameters.  i.e.  If I put "grooms" in the 
>>> sAMAccountName field on my LDAP vendor form the query generated is:
>>>  ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(&(objectclass=user)(sAMAccountName=*grooms*))
>>> In my case the record is in the sublevel:  OU=User 
>>> Accounts,DC=AAA,DC=,DC=net
>>>
>>> As for tools, the 2 most common (Free ones) I know of are:
>>>  Microsoft's LDP utility 
>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772839(WS.10).aspx
>>>  Softerra LDAP Browser  http://www.softerra.com/download.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
>>> [mailto:arsl...@ar

Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

2009-12-30 Thread Kevin Begosh
okay so all the OU's would go before the DC's, thanks.  I was trying it the
other way around.

Kevin

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Grooms, Frederick W <
frederick.w.gro...@xo.com> wrote:

> It should go something like this (in this case I am looking at an OU of:
> "User Accounts"):
>
> ldap:///OU=User
> Accounts,DC=www,DC=mycompany,DC=net??sub?(objectclass=user)
>
> Fred
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:
> arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Begosh
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:38 AM
> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>
> **
> Fred,
> How do you add the OU to the vendor form query string, I added mine and I
> am getting an error?  ARS 7.5, ITMS 7.5, Windows 2003
>
> Kevin
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Drew Shuller  wrote:
> Norm! Thanks for the help. Thanks again Fred.
>
> I tried it out in a form, it looks like it's going to work.
>
> Drew
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Drew Shuller wrote:
> > Norm! Thanks for the help. Thanks again Fred.
> >
> > I tried it out in a form, it looks like it's going to work.
> >
> > Drew
> >
>  > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Grooms, Frederick W wrote:
> >> I learned not to use sAMAccountName as Request ID.  I use uSNCreated
> (which *SHOULD BE* unique and less than 15 characters).  Just use
> sAMAccountName as a regular field from the ActiveDirectory.
> >>
> >> Fred
> >>
> >> -Original Message-----
> >> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:
> arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:35 PM
> >> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> >> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
> >>
> >> Thank you Fred, that's very helpful. After some googling I was able to
> >> generate a query using the MMC console, which was helpful in that I
> >> got to see a lot of columns of data all in one place.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the query string. My guy wanted to see what Remedy was
> >> generating...no one can see that in Remedy itself but it looks like
> >> one can figure it out and build it because an LDAP/AD query is an
> >> LDAP/AD query, so to speak.
> >>
> >> My only other problem (AD-wise that is) is the mismatch between the
> >> samAccountName attribute length and the 6.3 RequestID field length,
> >> which causes blank entries in the vendor form. Oddly enough I can see
> >> the name in the Results list but not in the fields of the form itself.
> >> I suggested that we truncate the samAccountName field to 15 characters
> >> and put the result in an unused AD attribute and then use that for the
> >> Request ID map. Any suggestions on that? Has this been handled in the
> >> Remedy versions released after the stone age? Not that I'm knocking
> >> 6.3, I kinda like it, it gives me a nice warm fuzzy. :-)
> >>
> >> Drew
> >> Soto Cano
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:39 PM, "Grooms, Frederick W" wrote:
> >>> ldap://[:]/??sub?()
> >>>
> >>> As long as you have "sub" in there it should look at your user base and
> all sublevels (the other option I know of is "one").
> >>>
> >>> In your Vendor Form definition you set the  to be the top
> level of your organization where you want to start searching. In my case I
> have it set to the root of the tree.
> >>>
> >>> If you turn on the plugin log to the highest level you can see the
> queries generated.  Basically all the system is doing is to append to the
> ldap string the rest of your search parameters.  i.e.  If I put "grooms" in
> the sAMAccountName field on my LDAP vendor form the query generated is:
> >>>
>  
> ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(&(objectclass=user)(sAMAccountName=*grooms*))
> >>> In my case the record is in the sublevel:  OU=User
> Accounts,DC=AAA,DC=,DC=net
> >>>
> >>> As for tools, the 2 most common (Free ones) I know of are:
> >>>  Microsoft's LDP utility
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772839(WS.10).aspx
> >>>  Softerra LDAP Browser  http://www.softerra.com/download.htm
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Fred
> >>>
> >>> -Original Message-
> >>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:
> arsl...@arsl

Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

2009-12-30 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
It should go something like this (in this case I am looking at an OU of: "User 
Accounts"):

ldap:///OU=User 
Accounts,DC=www,DC=mycompany,DC=net??sub?(objectclass=user)

Fred

-Original Message-
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
[mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Begosh
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:38 AM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

** 
Fred,
How do you add the OU to the vendor form query string, I added mine and I am 
getting an error?  ARS 7.5, ITMS 7.5, Windows 2003
 
Kevin
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Drew Shuller  wrote:
Norm! Thanks for the help. Thanks again Fred.

I tried it out in a form, it looks like it's going to work.

Drew


On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Drew Shuller wrote:
> Norm! Thanks for the help. Thanks again Fred.
>
> I tried it out in a form, it looks like it's going to work.
>
> Drew
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Grooms, Frederick W wrote:
>> I learned not to use sAMAccountName as Request ID.  I use uSNCreated (which 
>> *SHOULD BE* unique and less than 15 characters).  Just use sAMAccountName as 
>> a regular field from the ActiveDirectory.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
>> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:35 PM
>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
>> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>>
>> Thank you Fred, that's very helpful. After some googling I was able to
>> generate a query using the MMC console, which was helpful in that I
>> got to see a lot of columns of data all in one place.
>>
>> Thanks for the query string. My guy wanted to see what Remedy was
>> generating...no one can see that in Remedy itself but it looks like
>> one can figure it out and build it because an LDAP/AD query is an
>> LDAP/AD query, so to speak.
>>
>> My only other problem (AD-wise that is) is the mismatch between the
>> samAccountName attribute length and the 6.3 RequestID field length,
>> which causes blank entries in the vendor form. Oddly enough I can see
>> the name in the Results list but not in the fields of the form itself.
>> I suggested that we truncate the samAccountName field to 15 characters
>> and put the result in an unused AD attribute and then use that for the
>> Request ID map. Any suggestions on that? Has this been handled in the
>> Remedy versions released after the stone age? Not that I'm knocking
>> 6.3, I kinda like it, it gives me a nice warm fuzzy. :-)
>>
>> Drew
>> Soto Cano
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:39 PM, "Grooms, Frederick W" wrote:
>>> ldap://[:]/??sub?()
>>>
>>> As long as you have "sub" in there it should look at your user base and all 
>>> sublevels (the other option I know of is "one").
>>>
>>> In your Vendor Form definition you set the  to be the top level 
>>> of your organization where you want to start searching. In my case I have 
>>> it set to the root of the tree.
>>>
>>> If you turn on the plugin log to the highest level you can see the queries 
>>> generated.  Basically all the system is doing is to append to the ldap 
>>> string the rest of your search parameters.  i.e.  If I put "grooms" in the 
>>> sAMAccountName field on my LDAP vendor form the query generated is:
>>>  ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(&(objectclass=user)(sAMAccountName=*grooms*))
>>> In my case the record is in the sublevel:  OU=User 
>>> Accounts,DC=AAA,DC=,DC=net
>>>
>>> As for tools, the 2 most common (Free ones) I know of are:
>>>  Microsoft's LDP utility 
>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772839(WS.10).aspx
>>>  Softerra LDAP Browser  http://www.softerra.com/download.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
>>> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:13 AM
>>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
>>> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>>>
>>> Thanks Fred.
>>>
>>> So I could substitute another value in the ldap string and get further
>>> down in the tree? But not in the same form?
>>>
>>> My server guys instists that there's a query that Remedy is using to
>>> return the information in the Vendor form, but we can't

Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

2009-12-30 Thread Kevin Begosh
Fred,
How do you add the OU to the vendor form query string, I added mine and I am
getting an error?  ARS 7.5, ITMS 7.5, Windows 2003

Kevin

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Drew Shuller  wrote:

> Norm! Thanks for the help. Thanks again Fred.
>
> I tried it out in a form, it looks like it's going to work.
>
> Drew
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Drew Shuller 
> wrote:
> > Norm! Thanks for the help. Thanks again Fred.
> >
> > I tried it out in a form, it looks like it's going to work.
> >
> > Drew
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Grooms, Frederick W
> >  wrote:
> >> I learned not to use sAMAccountName as Request ID.  I use uSNCreated
> (which *SHOULD BE* unique and less than 15 characters).  Just use
> sAMAccountName as a regular field from the ActiveDirectory.
> >>
> >> Fred
> >>
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:
> arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:35 PM
> >> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> >> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
> >>
> >> Thank you Fred, that's very helpful. After some googling I was able to
> >> generate a query using the MMC console, which was helpful in that I
> >> got to see a lot of columns of data all in one place.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the query string. My guy wanted to see what Remedy was
> >> generating...no one can see that in Remedy itself but it looks like
> >> one can figure it out and build it because an LDAP/AD query is an
> >> LDAP/AD query, so to speak.
> >>
> >> My only other problem (AD-wise that is) is the mismatch between the
> >> samAccountName attribute length and the 6.3 RequestID field length,
> >> which causes blank entries in the vendor form. Oddly enough I can see
> >> the name in the Results list but not in the fields of the form itself.
> >> I suggested that we truncate the samAccountName field to 15 characters
> >> and put the result in an unused AD attribute and then use that for the
> >> Request ID map. Any suggestions on that? Has this been handled in the
> >> Remedy versions released after the stone age? Not that I'm knocking
> >> 6.3, I kinda like it, it gives me a nice warm fuzzy. :-)
> >>
> >> Drew
> >> Soto Cano
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:39 PM, "Grooms, Frederick W" wrote:
> >>> ldap://[:]/??sub?()
> >>>
> >>> As long as you have "sub" in there it should look at your user base and
> all sublevels (the other option I know of is "one").
> >>>
> >>> In your Vendor Form definition you set the  to be the top
> level of your organization where you want to start searching. In my case I
> have it set to the root of the tree.
> >>>
> >>> If you turn on the plugin log to the highest level you can see the
> queries generated.  Basically all the system is doing is to append to the
> ldap string the rest of your search parameters.  i.e.  If I put "grooms" in
> the sAMAccountName field on my LDAP vendor form the query generated is:
> >>>
>  
> ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(&(objectclass=user)(sAMAccountName=*grooms*))
> >>> In my case the record is in the sublevel:  OU=User
> Accounts,DC=AAA,DC=,DC=net
> >>>
> >>> As for tools, the 2 most common (Free ones) I know of are:
> >>>  Microsoft's LDP utility
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772839(WS.10).aspx
> >>>  Softerra LDAP Browser  http://www.softerra.com/download.htm
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Fred
> >>>
> >>> -Original Message-
> >>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:
> arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:13 AM
> >>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> >>> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
> >>>
> >>> Thanks Fred.
> >>>
> >>> So I could substitute another value in the ldap string and get further
> >>> down in the tree? But not in the same form?
> >>>
> >>> My server guys instists that there's a query that Remedy is using to
> >>> return the information in the Vendor form, but we can't see that
> >>> query. Or can we? If anyone knows, please clue me in.
> >>>
> >>> I can

Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

2009-12-29 Thread Drew Shuller
Norm! Thanks for the help. Thanks again Fred.

I tried it out in a form, it looks like it's going to work.

Drew


On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Drew Shuller  wrote:
> Norm! Thanks for the help. Thanks again Fred.
>
> I tried it out in a form, it looks like it's going to work.
>
> Drew
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Grooms, Frederick W
>  wrote:
>> I learned not to use sAMAccountName as Request ID.  I use uSNCreated (which 
>> *SHOULD BE* unique and less than 15 characters).  Just use sAMAccountName as 
>> a regular field from the ActiveDirectory.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
>> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:35 PM
>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
>> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>>
>> Thank you Fred, that's very helpful. After some googling I was able to
>> generate a query using the MMC console, which was helpful in that I
>> got to see a lot of columns of data all in one place.
>>
>> Thanks for the query string. My guy wanted to see what Remedy was
>> generating...no one can see that in Remedy itself but it looks like
>> one can figure it out and build it because an LDAP/AD query is an
>> LDAP/AD query, so to speak.
>>
>> My only other problem (AD-wise that is) is the mismatch between the
>> samAccountName attribute length and the 6.3 RequestID field length,
>> which causes blank entries in the vendor form. Oddly enough I can see
>> the name in the Results list but not in the fields of the form itself.
>> I suggested that we truncate the samAccountName field to 15 characters
>> and put the result in an unused AD attribute and then use that for the
>> Request ID map. Any suggestions on that? Has this been handled in the
>> Remedy versions released after the stone age? Not that I'm knocking
>> 6.3, I kinda like it, it gives me a nice warm fuzzy. :-)
>>
>> Drew
>> Soto Cano
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:39 PM, "Grooms, Frederick W" wrote:
>>> ldap://[:]/??sub?()
>>>
>>> As long as you have "sub" in there it should look at your user base and all 
>>> sublevels (the other option I know of is "one").
>>>
>>> In your Vendor Form definition you set the  to be the top level 
>>> of your organization where you want to start searching. In my case I have 
>>> it set to the root of the tree.
>>>
>>> If you turn on the plugin log to the highest level you can see the queries 
>>> generated.  Basically all the system is doing is to append to the ldap 
>>> string the rest of your search parameters.  i.e.  If I put "grooms" in the 
>>> sAMAccountName field on my LDAP vendor form the query generated is:
>>>  ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(&(objectclass=user)(sAMAccountName=*grooms*))
>>> In my case the record is in the sublevel:  OU=User 
>>> Accounts,DC=AAA,DC=,DC=net
>>>
>>> As for tools, the 2 most common (Free ones) I know of are:
>>>  Microsoft's LDP utility 
>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772839(WS.10).aspx
>>>  Softerra LDAP Browser  http://www.softerra.com/download.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
>>> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:13 AM
>>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
>>> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>>>
>>> Thanks Fred.
>>>
>>> So I could substitute another value in the ldap string and get further
>>> down in the tree? But not in the same form?
>>>
>>> My server guys instists that there's a query that Remedy is using to
>>> return the information in the Vendor form, but we can't see that
>>> query. Or can we? If anyone knows, please clue me in.
>>>
>>> I can create a vendor form and add every single field available, but
>>> only a few of them can be added to the results field list and the
>>> normal way of exporting records to an excel file doesn't work. How do
>>> I build queries into the AD, and what tools should I use?
>>>
>>> Drew
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, "Grooms, Frederick W" wrote:
>>>> Check the Form Properties -> Vendor Information tab for your form. The 
>

Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

2009-12-29 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
I learned not to use sAMAccountName as Request ID.  I use uSNCreated (which 
*SHOULD BE* unique and less than 15 characters).  Just use sAMAccountName as a 
regular field from the ActiveDirectory.

Fred

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Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:35 PM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

Thank you Fred, that's very helpful. After some googling I was able to
generate a query using the MMC console, which was helpful in that I
got to see a lot of columns of data all in one place.

Thanks for the query string. My guy wanted to see what Remedy was
generating...no one can see that in Remedy itself but it looks like
one can figure it out and build it because an LDAP/AD query is an
LDAP/AD query, so to speak.

My only other problem (AD-wise that is) is the mismatch between the
samAccountName attribute length and the 6.3 RequestID field length,
which causes blank entries in the vendor form. Oddly enough I can see
the name in the Results list but not in the fields of the form itself.
I suggested that we truncate the samAccountName field to 15 characters
and put the result in an unused AD attribute and then use that for the
Request ID map. Any suggestions on that? Has this been handled in the
Remedy versions released after the stone age? Not that I'm knocking
6.3, I kinda like it, it gives me a nice warm fuzzy. :-)

Drew
Soto Cano

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:39 PM, "Grooms, Frederick W" wrote:
> ldap://[:]/??sub?()
>
> As long as you have "sub" in there it should look at your user base and all 
> sublevels (the other option I know of is "one").
>
> In your Vendor Form definition you set the  to be the top level of 
> your organization where you want to start searching. In my case I have it set 
> to the root of the tree.
>
> If you turn on the plugin log to the highest level you can see the queries 
> generated.  Basically all the system is doing is to append to the ldap string 
> the rest of your search parameters.  i.e.  If I put "grooms" in the 
> sAMAccountName field on my LDAP vendor form the query generated is:
>  
> ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(&(objectclass=user)(sAMAccountName=*grooms*))
> In my case the record is in the sublevel:  OU=User 
> Accounts,DC=AAA,DC=,DC=net
>
> As for tools, the 2 most common (Free ones) I know of are:
>  Microsoft's LDP utility 
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772839(WS.10).aspx
>  Softerra LDAP Browser  http://www.softerra.com/download.htm
>
>
> Fred
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:13 AM
> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>
> Thanks Fred.
>
> So I could substitute another value in the ldap string and get further
> down in the tree? But not in the same form?
>
> My server guys instists that there's a query that Remedy is using to
> return the information in the Vendor form, but we can't see that
> query. Or can we? If anyone knows, please clue me in.
>
> I can create a vendor form and add every single field available, but
> only a few of them can be added to the results field list and the
> normal way of exporting records to an excel file doesn't work. How do
> I build queries into the AD, and what tools should I use?
>
> Drew
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, "Grooms, Frederick W" wrote:
>> Check the Form Properties -> Vendor Information tab for your form. The Table 
>> Name field needs to have the "sub" value in it to allow searches to go 
>> beyond the currently defined level.
>>
>> ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(objectclass=user)
>>
>> The objectclass=user just restricts the results to values with user in the 
>> objectclass field, not what levels to search.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
>> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
>> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:59 PM
>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
>> Subject: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>>
>> Hello list, I've got an AD question.
>>
>> We search our user info using the ARDBC LDAP plugin, it looks like on
>> the DC level, objectclass=user. Some of the information I need is one
>> more layer down, on the OU level. Is there any way that I can get my
>> form to do that?
>>
>> Drew Shuller
>> Soto Cano
>>

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Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

2009-12-29 Thread Kaiser, Norm E CIV USAF AFMC 96 CS/SCOKT
Drew:

Instead of using samAccountName as your RequestID, have you tried using 
uSNCreated? It's what I use here.

Norm

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From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
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Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:35 PM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

Thank you Fred, that's very helpful. After some googling I was able to
generate a query using the MMC console, which was helpful in that I
got to see a lot of columns of data all in one place.

Thanks for the query string. My guy wanted to see what Remedy was
generating...no one can see that in Remedy itself but it looks like
one can figure it out and build it because an LDAP/AD query is an
LDAP/AD query, so to speak.

My only other problem (AD-wise that is) is the mismatch between the
samAccountName attribute length and the 6.3 RequestID field length,
which causes blank entries in the vendor form. Oddly enough I can see
the name in the Results list but not in the fields of the form itself.
I suggested that we truncate the samAccountName field to 15 characters
and put the result in an unused AD attribute and then use that for the
Request ID map. Any suggestions on that? Has this been handled in the
Remedy versions released after the stone age? Not that I'm knocking
6.3, I kinda like it, it gives me a nice warm fuzzy. :-)

Drew
Soto Cano

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Grooms, Frederick W
 wrote:
> ldap://[:]/??sub?()
>
> As long as you have "sub" in there it should look at your user base and all 
> sublevels (the other option I know of is "one").
>
> In your Vendor Form definition you set the  to be the top level of 
> your organization where you want to start searching. In my case I have it set 
> to the root of the tree.
>
> If you turn on the plugin log to the highest level you can see the queries 
> generated.  Basically all the system is doing is to append to the ldap string 
> the rest of your search parameters.  i.e.  If I put "grooms" in the 
> sAMAccountName field on my LDAP vendor form the query generated is:
>  ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(&(objectclass=user)(sAMAccountName=*grooms*))
> In my case the record is in the sublevel:  OU=User 
> Accounts,DC=AAA,DC=,DC=net
>
> As for tools, the 2 most common (Free ones) I know of are:
>  Microsoft's LDP utility 
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772839(WS.10).aspx
>  Softerra LDAP Browser  http://www.softerra.com/download.htm
>
>
> Fred
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:13 AM
> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>
> Thanks Fred.
>
> So I could substitute another value in the ldap string and get further
> down in the tree? But not in the same form?
>
> My server guys instists that there's a query that Remedy is using to
> return the information in the Vendor form, but we can't see that
> query. Or can we? If anyone knows, please clue me in.
>
> I can create a vendor form and add every single field available, but
> only a few of them can be added to the results field list and the
> normal way of exporting records to an excel file doesn't work. How do
> I build queries into the AD, and what tools should I use?
>
> Drew
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, "Grooms, Frederick W" wrote:
>> Check the Form Properties -> Vendor Information tab for your form. The Table 
>> Name field needs to have the "sub" value in it to allow searches to go 
>> beyond the currently defined level.
>>
>> ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(objectclass=user)
>>
>> The objectclass=user just restricts the results to values with user in the 
>> objectclass field, not what levels to search.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
>> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
>> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:59 PM
>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
>> Subject: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>>
>> Hello list, I've got an AD question.
>>
>> We search our user info using the ARDBC LDAP plugin, it looks like on
>> the DC level, objectclass=user. Some of the information I need is one
>> more layer down, on the OU level. Is there any way that I can get my
>> form to do that?
>>
>> Drew Shuller
>> Soto Cano
>>
>
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Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

2009-12-29 Thread Drew Shuller
Thank you Fred, that's very helpful. After some googling I was able to
generate a query using the MMC console, which was helpful in that I
got to see a lot of columns of data all in one place.

Thanks for the query string. My guy wanted to see what Remedy was
generating...no one can see that in Remedy itself but it looks like
one can figure it out and build it because an LDAP/AD query is an
LDAP/AD query, so to speak.

My only other problem (AD-wise that is) is the mismatch between the
samAccountName attribute length and the 6.3 RequestID field length,
which causes blank entries in the vendor form. Oddly enough I can see
the name in the Results list but not in the fields of the form itself.
I suggested that we truncate the samAccountName field to 15 characters
and put the result in an unused AD attribute and then use that for the
Request ID map. Any suggestions on that? Has this been handled in the
Remedy versions released after the stone age? Not that I'm knocking
6.3, I kinda like it, it gives me a nice warm fuzzy. :-)

Drew
Soto Cano

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Grooms, Frederick W
 wrote:
> ldap://[:]/??sub?()
>
> As long as you have "sub" in there it should look at your user base and all 
> sublevels (the other option I know of is "one").
>
> In your Vendor Form definition you set the  to be the top level of 
> your organization where you want to start searching. In my case I have it set 
> to the root of the tree.
>
> If you turn on the plugin log to the highest level you can see the queries 
> generated.  Basically all the system is doing is to append to the ldap string 
> the rest of your search parameters.  i.e.  If I put "grooms" in the 
> sAMAccountName field on my LDAP vendor form the query generated is:
>  ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(&(objectclass=user)(sAMAccountName=*grooms*))
> In my case the record is in the sublevel:  OU=User 
> Accounts,DC=AAA,DC=,DC=net
>
> As for tools, the 2 most common (Free ones) I know of are:
>  Microsoft's LDP utility 
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772839(WS.10).aspx
>  Softerra LDAP Browser  http://www.softerra.com/download.htm
>
>
> Fred
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:13 AM
> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>
> Thanks Fred.
>
> So I could substitute another value in the ldap string and get further
> down in the tree? But not in the same form?
>
> My server guys instists that there's a query that Remedy is using to
> return the information in the Vendor form, but we can't see that
> query. Or can we? If anyone knows, please clue me in.
>
> I can create a vendor form and add every single field available, but
> only a few of them can be added to the results field list and the
> normal way of exporting records to an excel file doesn't work. How do
> I build queries into the AD, and what tools should I use?
>
> Drew
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, "Grooms, Frederick W" wrote:
>> Check the Form Properties -> Vendor Information tab for your form. The Table 
>> Name field needs to have the "sub" value in it to allow searches to go 
>> beyond the currently defined level.
>>
>> ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(objectclass=user)
>>
>> The objectclass=user just restricts the results to values with user in the 
>> objectclass field, not what levels to search.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
>> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
>> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:59 PM
>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
>> Subject: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>>
>> Hello list, I've got an AD question.
>>
>> We search our user info using the ARDBC LDAP plugin, it looks like on
>> the DC level, objectclass=user. Some of the information I need is one
>> more layer down, on the OU level. Is there any way that I can get my
>> form to do that?
>>
>> Drew Shuller
>> Soto Cano
>>
>
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Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

2009-12-29 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
ldap://[:]/??sub?()

As long as you have "sub" in there it should look at your user base and all 
sublevels (the other option I know of is "one").

In your Vendor Form definition you set the  to be the top level of 
your organization where you want to start searching. In my case I have it set 
to the root of the tree. 

If you turn on the plugin log to the highest level you can see the queries 
generated.  Basically all the system is doing is to append to the ldap string 
the rest of your search parameters.  i.e.  If I put "grooms" in the 
sAMAccountName field on my LDAP vendor form the query generated is:  
 
ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(&(objectclass=user)(sAMAccountName=*grooms*))
In my case the record is in the sublevel:  OU=User 
Accounts,DC=AAA,DC=,DC=net

As for tools, the 2 most common (Free ones) I know of are:   
  Microsoft's LDP utility 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772839(WS.10).aspx 
  Softerra LDAP Browser  http://www.softerra.com/download.htm 


Fred

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From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
[mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:13 AM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

Thanks Fred.

So I could substitute another value in the ldap string and get further
down in the tree? But not in the same form?

My server guys instists that there's a query that Remedy is using to
return the information in the Vendor form, but we can't see that
query. Or can we? If anyone knows, please clue me in.

I can create a vendor form and add every single field available, but
only a few of them can be added to the results field list and the
normal way of exporting records to an excel file doesn't work. How do
I build queries into the AD, and what tools should I use?

Drew

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, "Grooms, Frederick W" wrote:
> Check the Form Properties -> Vendor Information tab for your form. The Table 
> Name field needs to have the "sub" value in it to allow searches to go beyond 
> the currently defined level.
>
> ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(objectclass=user)
>
> The objectclass=user just restricts the results to values with user in the 
> objectclass field, not what levels to search.
>
> Fred
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:59 PM
> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> Subject: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>
> Hello list, I've got an AD question.
>
> We search our user info using the ARDBC LDAP plugin, it looks like on
> the DC level, objectclass=user. Some of the information I need is one
> more layer down, on the OU level. Is there any way that I can get my
> form to do that?
>
> Drew Shuller
> Soto Cano
>

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Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

2009-12-29 Thread Drew Shuller
Thanks Fred.

So I could substitute another value in the ldap string and get further
down in the tree? But not in the same form?

My server guys instists that there's a query that Remedy is using to
return the information in the Vendor form, but we can't see that
query. Or can we? If anyone knows, please clue me in.

I can create a vendor form and add every single field available, but
only a few of them can be added to the results field list and the
normal way of exporting records to an excel file doesn't work. How do
I build queries into the AD, and what tools should I use?

Drew



On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Grooms, Frederick W
 wrote:
> Check the Form Properties -> Vendor Information tab for your form. The Table 
> Name field needs to have the "sub" value in it to allow searches to go beyond 
> the currently defined level.
>
> ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(objectclass=user)
>
> The objectclass=user just restricts the results to values with user in the 
> objectclass field, not what levels to search.
>
> Fred
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:59 PM
> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> Subject: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question
>
> Hello list, I've got an AD question.
>
> We search our user info using the ARDBC LDAP plugin, it looks like on
> the DC level, objectclass=user. Some of the information I need is one
> more layer down, on the OU level. Is there any way that I can get my
> form to do that?
>
> Drew Shuller
> Soto Cano
>
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Re: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

2009-12-28 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
Check the Form Properties -> Vendor Information tab for your form. The Table 
Name field needs to have the "sub" value in it to allow searches to go beyond 
the currently defined level.  

ldap://DNS_SERVER/DC=AAA,DC=,DC=NET??sub?(objectclass=user)

The objectclass=user just restricts the results to values with user in the 
objectclass field, not what levels to search.

Fred


-Original Message-
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
[mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:59 PM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

Hello list, I've got an AD question.

We search our user info using the ARDBC LDAP plugin, it looks like on
the DC level, objectclass=user. Some of the information I need is one
more layer down, on the OU level. Is there any way that I can get my
form to do that?

Drew Shuller
Soto Cano

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ARDBC LDAP Active Directory question

2009-12-28 Thread Drew Shuller
Hello list, I've got an AD question.

We search our user info using the ARDBC LDAP plugin, it looks like on
the DC level, objectclass=user. Some of the information I need is one
more layer down, on the OU level. Is there any way that I can get my
form to do that?

Drew Shuller
Soto Cano

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