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WFA Query AD

braashcj3
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Using the following statement

$aduser = "Get-ADUser -f {SamAccountName -eq $user} -Properties mail | select-Object mail"

Get-WFALogger -Info -message $aduser  ONLY returns the  "Get-ADUser -f {SamAccountName -eq $user} -Properties mail | select-Object mail"

Has anyone been able to get the return and assign it to a variable to work with in WFA?

THanks!!!!

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sinhaa
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If you want the value of the attribute mail for the user, the below statement will work.

$aduser = Get-ADUser -Filter {samAccountName -eq $user} -Properties mail |Select-Object "mail"

Get-WFALogger -Info -message $aduser.mail

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Your statement as below doesn't work, because you have declared it as a string. This has nothing to do with WFA, it will show similar result if executed with write-host on a powershell console.

$aduser = "Get-ADUser -f {SamAccountName -eq $user} -Properties mail | select-Object mail"

Write-Host $aduser

sinhaa

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braashcj3
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Do you have a sample ?

Thank You,

John Marotta

USAA, Storage Management

913-2596

braashcj3
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here is what got:

PS Y:\> $aduser = "Get-ADUser -f {SamAccountName -eq '12345'} -Properties mail | select-Object mail"

PS Y:\> Write-Host $aduser

Get-ADUser -f {SamAccountName -eq '12345'} -Properties mail | select-Object mail

braashcj3
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just echos back the cmd but $aduser does not contain the data from the cmd.

sinhaa
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Of course, because you are trying the wrong command. I gave you the right one above ( in Green color ). Try that, it will work.

In powershell, anything withing double quotes will be treated as plain strings.

sinhaa

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braashcj3
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Thanks sinhaa, I tried the one you provided in WFA but got this:

$aduser = Get-ADUser -Filter {samAccountName -eq $user} -Properties mail |Select-Object "mail"

Get-WFALogger -Info -message $aduser.mail

The term 'Get-ADUser' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

This exact cmd does work within powershell and returns the email from the $user:

$aduser = Get-ADUser -Filter {samAccountName -eq $user} -Properties mail |Select-Object mail

Thank You,

John Marotta

USAA, Storage Management

913-2596

sinhaa
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You need to Import the ActiveDirectory Module in your WFA command. Since it worked from PS console I assume you have ActiveDirectory PS modules available. Also since its on localhost, you don't need provide credentials.

Type the below in WFA command code to import the Module :

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Import-Module ActiveDirectory

$aduser = Get-ADUser -Filter {samAccountName -eq $user} -Properties mail |Select-Object "mail"

Get-WFALogger -Info -message $aduser.mail

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sinhaa

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braashcj3
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Ok thanks again, tried

Import-Module ActiveDirectory

$aduser = Get-ADUser -Filter {samAccountName -eq $user} -Properties mail |Select-Object "mail"

Get-WFALogger -Info -message $aduser.mail

But got this:

Cannot bind argument to parameter 'message' because it is null.

Thank You,

John Marotta

USAA, Storage Management

913-2596

sinhaa
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You got this because the $user you have provided has empty mail Attribute and hence the $aduser.mail is null. Does the user you have given has this attribute set? By default mail attributes are NOT set for AD users. To verify, On PS console print like: write-host $aduser.mail

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braashcj3
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Yes the xxxxx is my ID and from the PS console it returns my email

$aduser = Get-ADUser -f {samAccountName -eq 'xxxxx'} -Properties mail |Select-Object mail

mail

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john.marotta@xxxx.xxx<mailto:john.marotta@xxxx.xxx>

Thank You,

John Marotta

USAA, Storage Management

913-2596

sinhaa
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John,

     Post the screencap of your command and the failure message. Also the results from PS console. If you don't want to post here, send me via email at: sinhaa at netapp dot com

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