ADSI Documentation?

Is there any documentation for use of [ADSI] objects in RC2. I'm trying to
use the new methods and properties, but I'm a bit confused about how to know
what's in the cache, and how to deal with properties like pwdLastSet.

Thanks.

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Jim Holbach

The [ADSI] type is just the .NET System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.
BTW, you can get the real type from any specific PS shortcut like this:

[adsi] | select fullname

This means the questions you are asking are actually
..NET-ADSI-implementation questions. If you think this is an abysmal answer -
you're right! It should get things going in the right direction, though,
because there is a LOT of hard-won knowledge about ADSI interaction here and
also in the ADSI programming newsgroups. Until a provider and custom cmdlets
become available, this is going to be a rough problem domain, just as it is
in WSH.

"Jim Holbach" <JimHolbach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:02985EA0-381F-4AE7-8259-C88411E16665@microsoft.com...
> Is there any documentation for use of [ADSI] objects in RC2. I'm trying to
> use the new methods and properties, but I'm a bit confused about how to
> know
> what's in the cache, and how to deal with properties like pwdLastSet.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ---
> Jim Holbach

Thanks, Alex. I probably just wasn't clear enough in my question. I'm
familiar with the DirectoryEntry class. But I'm still adjusting to the type
adapter introduced by RC2, and the entire shift to a get/set/put model like
in WSH. Having scripted with ADSI in WSH, I'm finding some slight differences
(at least in my understanding) of what worked in WSH and what works in PoSH.
For example, how do I get at the pwdLastSet attribute? Why doesn't the
set_Password method seem to work?

I'm a big believer in RTFM, I'm just having a hard time finding TFM. :-)

"Alex K. Angelopoulos [MVP]" wrote:

> The [ADSI] type is just the .NET System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.
> BTW, you can get the real type from any specific PS shortcut like this:
>
> [adsi] | select fullname
>
> This means the questions you are asking are actually
> ..NET-ADSI-implementation questions. If you think this is an abysmal answer -
> you're right! It should get things going in the right direction, though,
> because there is a LOT of hard-won knowledge about ADSI interaction here and
> also in the ADSI programming newsgroups. Until a provider and custom cmdlets
> become available, this is going to be a rough problem domain, just as it is
> in WSH.
>
> "Jim Holbach" <JimHolbach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:02985EA0-381F-4AE7-8259-C88411E16665@microsoft.com...
> > Is there any documentation for use of [ADSI] objects in RC2. I'm trying to
> > use the new methods and properties, but I'm a bit confused about how to
> > know
> > what's in the cache, and how to deal with properties like pwdLastSet.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > ---
> > Jim Holbach
>
>
>

"Jim Holbach" <JimHolbach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EEFB62F2-70EC-4B2A-99B8-43B191CB2639@microsoft.com...
> Thanks, Alex. I probably just wasn't clear enough in my question. I'm
> familiar with the DirectoryEntry class.
In that case you may know _much_ more about this than I do - I gave this up
as a bad job and have been making do with WMI techniques for most account
manipulation.

> ... Having scripted with ADSI in WSH, I'm finding some slight differences
> (at least in my understanding) of what worked in WSH and what works in
> PoSH.

I've found a lot. My other approach has been to simply stick with
well-written WSH scripts and invoke them from PowerShell.

> For example, how do I get at the pwdLastSet attribute? Why doesn't the
> set_Password method seem to work?

Mark's blog is probably the single most important current reference on
ADSI-from-PowerShell. The overall page with his discussions of property
access (including pwdLastSet) is here:
http://mow001.blogspot.com/2006/08/p...ry-part-8.html

> I'm a big believer in RTFM, I'm just having a hard time finding TFM. :-)

I don't think it's been written yet.