Convert linux ldapsearch to Windows dsquery

Question

I am converting a website fro being hosted on Linux and Apache to Windows and IIS. The pages are currently written in php but new functionality will be in something along the lines of C#.net

In the php files there is a popen command calling the ldapsearch command for linux and performing a query based on the users' id. What I need to do is switch this command over to dsquery, does anyone know of an easy way to convert between the two commands.

I have looked at Microsofts' documentation for dsquery but it seems lacking compared to ldapsearch. If anyone has a suggestion that may better fit this require I am open to the idea, but using dsquery or ldifde (or another built-in command) would be best.

Thank you for your help and replies.

Answer 1

PHP code should not have called ldapsearch.
instead: http://php.net/manual/en/book.ldap.php

.net code should not call dsquery.
instead: use native tools (not as easy to find online docs)
useful(?): http://www.youcanlearnseries.com/Programming%20Tips/CSharp/LDAPReader.aspx

Answer 2

are you sure you were looking in the right place for the documentation? Here is a link to the dsquery command. the ldapsearch syntax should be very similar from a dsquery filter perspective.

off hte top of my head (meaning I didn't test this) to query for a user by uid:

dsquery * domainroot -filter "(&(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=User)(uid='100'))" -attr samaccountname -limit 0