Hello,



I'm basically reading the "proxyaddresses" attribute from an Active
Directory user object, making some changes and writing it back.

The problem is, it writes back as a single string instead of an array.
Basically as a test I tried just reading the array and then writing it
STRAIGHT back. The problem occurs here to....

$oUserDN = [ADSI]"LDAP://$cn=testuser, CN=users, DC=company, DC=com"
$aUserProxyAddresses = $oUserDN.Get("proxyaddresses")

$oUserDN.Put("proxyaddresses", "$aUserProxyAddresses")
$oUserDN.SetInfo()

Now when I look in Active Directory Computers & Users its in as a single line.

Oh FYI - After you write in back and the RUS detects its in a invalid format
it re-stamps it automatically - confused me for a while......

How do I write it back as an array?

Many Thanks

Mark holland

I cant test this right now, but you should be able to do this.

$oUserDN = [ADSI]"LDAP://$cn=testuser, CN=users, DC=company, DC=com"
$oUserDN.psbase.proxyaddresses += "NewAddress"
$oUserDN.SetInfo()

Brandon Shell
---------------
Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/
PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject

MH> Hello,
MH>
MH> I'm basically reading the "proxyaddresses" attribute from an Active
MH> Directory user object, making some changes and writing it back.
MH>
MH> The problem is, it writes back as a single string instead of an
MH> array. Basically as a test I tried just reading the array and then
MH> writing it STRAIGHT back. The problem occurs here to....
MH>
MH> $oUserDN = [ADSI]"LDAP://$cn=testuser, CN=users, DC=company, DC=com"
MH> $aUserProxyAddresses = $oUserDN.Get("proxyaddresses")
MH>
MH> $oUserDN.Put("proxyaddresses", "$aUserProxyAddresses")
MH> $oUserDN.SetInfo()
MH>
MH> Now when I look in Active Directory Computers & Users its in as a
MH> single line.
MH>
MH> Oh FYI - After you write in back and the RUS detects its in a
MH> invalid format it re-stamps it automatically - confused me for a
MH> while......
MH>
MH> How do I write it back as an array?
MH>
MH> Many Thanks
MH>
MH> Mark holland
MH>

Look at the article http://powershelllive.com/blogs/lunch/default.aspx
in the section on "Dealing with Properties that Contain Arrays"

Kelly

Thanks Brandon but no joy I'm afraid...

It comes up with "Property 'proxyaddresses' cannot be found on this object;
make sure it exists and is settable."

Any other ideas?

Mark

"Brandon Shell [MVP]" wrote:

> I cant test this right now, but you should be able to do this.
>
> $oUserDN = [ADSI]"LDAP://$cn=testuser, CN=users, DC=company, DC=com"
> $oUserDN.psbase.proxyaddresses += "NewAddress"
> $oUserDN.SetInfo()
>
> Brandon Shell
> ---------------
> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/
> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject
>
> MH> Hello,
> MH>
> MH> I'm basically reading the "proxyaddresses" attribute from an Active
> MH> Directory user object, making some changes and writing it back.
> MH>
> MH> The problem is, it writes back as a single string instead of an
> MH> array. Basically as a test I tried just reading the array and then
> MH> writing it STRAIGHT back. The problem occurs here to....
> MH>
> MH> $oUserDN = [ADSI]"LDAP://$cn=testuser, CN=users, DC=company, DC=com"
> MH> $aUserProxyAddresses = $oUserDN.Get("proxyaddresses")
> MH>
> MH> $oUserDN.Put("proxyaddresses", "$aUserProxyAddresses")
> MH> $oUserDN.SetInfo()
> MH>
> MH> Now when I look in Active Directory Computers & Users its in as a
> MH> single line.
> MH>
> MH> Oh FYI - After you write in back and the RUS detects its in a
> MH> invalid format it re-stamps it automatically - confused me for a
> MH> while......
> MH>
> MH> How do I write it back as an array?
> MH>
> MH> Many Thanks
> MH>
> MH> Mark holland
> MH>
>
>
>

Thanks Geoff - that site is currently down but will keep trying...

"kelly goff" wrote:

> Look at the article http://powershelllive.com/blogs/lunch/default.aspx
> in the section on "Dealing with Properties that Contain Arrays"
>
> Kelly
>

You can try to ref proxy directly
$oUserDN.proxyaddresses += "NewAddress"
and I left out the properties. Try this.
$oUserDN.psbase.properties.proxyaddresses += "NewAddress"

"Mark Holland" <MarkHolland@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6B857AD4-5F83-4D8C-BDEB-841834B3EC28@xxxxxx

> Thanks Brandon but no joy I'm afraid...
>
> It comes up with "Property 'proxyaddresses' cannot be found on this
> object;
> make sure it exists and is settable."
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Mark
>
> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" wrote:
>

>> I cant test this right now, but you should be able to do this.
>>
>> $oUserDN = [ADSI]"LDAP://$cn=testuser, CN=users, DC=company, DC=com"
>> $oUserDN.psbase.proxyaddresses += "NewAddress"
>> $oUserDN.SetInfo()
>>
>> Brandon Shell
>> ---------------
>> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/
>> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject
>>
>> MH> Hello,
>> MH>
>> MH> I'm basically reading the "proxyaddresses" attribute from an Active
>> MH> Directory user object, making some changes and writing it back.
>> MH>
>> MH> The problem is, it writes back as a single string instead of an
>> MH> array. Basically as a test I tried just reading the array and then
>> MH> writing it STRAIGHT back. The problem occurs here to....
>> MH>
>> MH> $oUserDN = [ADSI]"LDAP://$cn=testuser, CN=users, DC=company, DC=com"
>> MH> $aUserProxyAddresses = $oUserDN.Get("proxyaddresses")
>> MH>
>> MH> $oUserDN.Put("proxyaddresses", "$aUserProxyAddresses")
>> MH> $oUserDN.SetInfo()
>> MH>
>> MH> Now when I look in Active Directory Computers & Users its in as a
>> MH> single line.
>> MH>
>> MH> Oh FYI - After you write in back and the RUS detects its in a
>> MH> invalid format it re-stamps it automatically - confused me for a
>> MH> while......
>> MH>
>> MH> How do I write it back as an array?
>> MH>
>> MH> Many Thanks
>> MH>
>> MH> Mark holland
>> MH>
>>
>>
>>

Hi Brandon,

Sorry - I see where you are going with the "add" to the existing value
concept. However my ultimate aim is to get the array, remove entries in it
that match a certain criteria and write it back. In summary the "add" to
concept unfortunately won't work for me.

FYI though - by referencing the proxy directly it does write back to the
attribute but as per my original issue it put it is as a single string.

Any further ideas?

Thanks

Mark

"Brandon Shell [MVP]" wrote:

> You can try to ref proxy directly
> $oUserDN.proxyaddresses += "NewAddress"
> and I left out the properties. Try this.
> $oUserDN.psbase.properties.proxyaddresses += "NewAddress"
>
> "Mark Holland" <MarkHolland@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:6B857AD4-5F83-4D8C-BDEB-841834B3EC28@xxxxxx

> > Thanks Brandon but no joy I'm afraid...
> >
> > It comes up with "Property 'proxyaddresses' cannot be found on this
> > object;
> > make sure it exists and is settable."
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > "Brandon Shell [MVP]" wrote:
> >

> >> I cant test this right now, but you should be able to do this.
> >>
> >> $oUserDN = [ADSI]"LDAP://$cn=testuser, CN=users, DC=company, DC=com"
> >> $oUserDN.psbase.proxyaddresses += "NewAddress"
> >> $oUserDN.SetInfo()
> >>
> >> Brandon Shell
> >> ---------------
> >> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/
> >> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject
> >>
> >> MH> Hello,
> >> MH>
> >> MH> I'm basically reading the "proxyaddresses" attribute from an Active
> >> MH> Directory user object, making some changes and writing it back.
> >> MH>
> >> MH> The problem is, it writes back as a single string instead of an
> >> MH> array. Basically as a test I tried just reading the array and then
> >> MH> writing it STRAIGHT back. The problem occurs here to....
> >> MH>
> >> MH> $oUserDN = [ADSI]"LDAP://$cn=testuser, CN=users, DC=company, DC=com"
> >> MH> $aUserProxyAddresses = $oUserDN.Get("proxyaddresses")
> >> MH>
> >> MH> $oUserDN.Put("proxyaddresses", "$aUserProxyAddresses")
> >> MH> $oUserDN.SetInfo()
> >> MH>
> >> MH> Now when I look in Active Directory Computers & Users its in as a
> >> MH> single line.
> >> MH>
> >> MH> Oh FYI - After you write in back and the RUS detects its in a
> >> MH> invalid format it re-stamps it automatically - confused me for a
> >> MH> while......
> >> MH>
> >> MH> How do I write it back as an array?
> >> MH>
> >> MH> Many Thanks
> >> MH>
> >> MH> Mark holland
> >> MH>
> >>
> >>
> >>

>

Thanks for all your help on this.

I managed to get round this by reading the array in a 'for' loop and
commiting each entry seperately i.e.

foreach($vProxyAddresses in $oProxyArrayTemp){

$oUserDN.proxyaddresses[$vcount] = $vProxyAddresses
$vcount++
}

$oUserDN.SetInfo()

Mark

"Mark Holland" wrote:

> Hi Brandon,
>
> Sorry - I see where you are going with the "add" to the existing value
> concept. However my ultimate aim is to get the array, remove entries in it
> that match a certain criteria and write it back. In summary the "add" to
> concept unfortunately won't work for me.
>
> FYI though - by referencing the proxy directly it does write back to the
> attribute but as per my original issue it put it is as a single string.
>
> Any further ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
>
> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" wrote:
>

> > You can try to ref proxy directly
> > $oUserDN.proxyaddresses += "NewAddress"
> > and I left out the properties. Try this.
> > $oUserDN.psbase.properties.proxyaddresses += "NewAddress"
> >
> > "Mark Holland" <MarkHolland@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:6B857AD4-5F83-4D8C-BDEB-841834B3EC28@xxxxxx

> > > Thanks Brandon but no joy I'm afraid...
> > >
> > > It comes up with "Property 'proxyaddresses' cannot be found on this
> > > object;
> > > make sure it exists and is settable."
> > >
> > > Any other ideas?
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > "Brandon Shell [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > >> I cant test this right now, but you should be able to do this.
> > >>
> > >> $oUserDN = [ADSI]"LDAP://$cn=testuser, CN=users, DC=company, DC=com"
> > >> $oUserDN.psbase.proxyaddresses += "NewAddress"
> > >> $oUserDN.SetInfo()
> > >>
> > >> Brandon Shell
> > >> ---------------
> > >> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/
> > >> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject
> > >>
> > >> MH> Hello,
> > >> MH>
> > >> MH> I'm basically reading the "proxyaddresses" attribute from an Active
> > >> MH> Directory user object, making some changes and writing it back.
> > >> MH>
> > >> MH> The problem is, it writes back as a single string instead of an
> > >> MH> array. Basically as a test I tried just reading the array and then
> > >> MH> writing it STRAIGHT back. The problem occurs here to....
> > >> MH>
> > >> MH> $oUserDN = [ADSI]"LDAP://$cn=testuser, CN=users, DC=company, DC=com"
> > >> MH> $aUserProxyAddresses = $oUserDN.Get("proxyaddresses")
> > >> MH>
> > >> MH> $oUserDN.Put("proxyaddresses", "$aUserProxyAddresses")
> > >> MH> $oUserDN.SetInfo()
> > >> MH>
> > >> MH> Now when I look in Active Directory Computers & Users its in as a
> > >> MH> single line.
> > >> MH>
> > >> MH> Oh FYI - After you write in back and the RUS detects its in a
> > >> MH> invalid format it re-stamps it automatically - confused me for a
> > >> MH> while......
> > >> MH>
> > >> MH> How do I write it back as an array?
> > >> MH>
> > >> MH> Many Thanks
> > >> MH>
> > >> MH> Mark holland
> > >> MH>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>

> >