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Hi Guys,
I' d like to get user surname. It's easy using PS but if I want to do it using such ADSI script

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi")

# Connect to the Adaxes service
$admNS = New-Object("Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi.AdmNamespace")
$admService = $admNS.GetServiceDirectly("localhost")
# Bind user
$userDN = "CN=John Smith,OU=Users,DC=contoso,DC=com"
$user = $admService.OpenObject("Adaxes://$userDN", $NULL, $NULL, 0)
$surname = $user.Get("surname")
$surname

I get: Exception calling "Get" with "1" argument(s): "The 'surname' property cannot be found in the cache."

Do you have any idea, why?
Best regards.

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The AD attribute is sn and Adaxes aliases this as Last Name. Try sn instead of surname

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Hello,

As jiambor mentioned, the LDAP name of the attribute is sn. In scripts, you need to use LDAP names for attributes, not the names under which attributes appear in Adaxes. Thus, a correct version of the script would be:

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi")

# Connect to the Adaxes service
$admNS = New-Object("Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi.AdmNamespace")
$admService = $admNS.GetServiceDirectly("localhost")
# Bind to user
$userDN = "CN=John Smith,OU=Users,DC=contoso,DC=com"
$user = $admService.OpenObject("Adaxes://$userDN", $NULL, $NULL, 0)
try
{
    $surname = $user.Get("sn")
}
catch
{
    # What to do if the attribute is empty
}

If you are trying to run the script as a part of a Business Rule, Custom Command or Scheduled Task, the script can be simplified by removing unnecessary calls:

# Bind to user
$user = $Context.BindToObjectByDN("CN=John Smith,OU=Users,DC=contoso,DC=com")
try
{
    $surname = $user.Get("sn")
}
catch
{
    # What to do if the attribute is empty
}

If the user whose surname you are trying to get is the target object of the operation, this can be made even easier:

try
{
    $surname = $Context.TargetObject.Get("sn")
}
catch
{
    # What to do if the attribute is empty
}

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