Unable to bind to object by DN

Question

I am having a problem in a custom command binding to a user object to then get attributes from for use in the script. A little background:

1. We have multiple domains managed by AdAxes
2. I have done this before and it always worked.

I have a parameter in the custom command that is a text box, and automatically populates the initiator DN. I am assigning that to a variable in the script, and attempting to use it to get the user object.

My code that I have to bind to the user (and show me the values while I am debugging) is:

$initiatorDN = $Context.GetParameterValue("param-initiatorDN")
#debug
$Context.LogMessage("DN: " + $initiatorDN," Information")

$requestor = $Context.BindToObjectByDN($initiatorDN)
#debug
$Context.LogMessage("Requestor: " + $requestor, "Information")
$Context.LogMessage("sam: " + $requestor.samaccountname, "Information")

But when running that in the custom command I get (some details in pic redacted):

So the DN is passing to the variable, but the bind does not work. I have also tried the following bind commands:

$initiatorDN = $Context.GetParameterValue("param-initiatorDN")
#debug
$Context.LogMessage("DN: " + $initiatorDN," Information")

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi")
$ns = New-Object "Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi.AdmNamespace"
$service = $ns.GetServiceDirectly("localhost")
$requestor = $service.OpenObject("Adaxes://$initiatorDN",$null, $null, 0)

#debug
$Context.LogMessage("Requestor: " + $requestor, "Information")
$Context.LogMessage("sam: " + $requestor.samaccountname, "Information")

I still get the same result. I can't seem to bind by the DN no matter what approach I take.

Answer 1

Hello,

The behavior is by design and has always been like that. The bind works correctly, it is the output that is performed incorrectly. The first one does not output anything because you are trying to output an object. In such cases you just get an empty output. As for the sAMAccountName output, it is also expected to be empty as the object you get with the bind does not have a property called samaccountname. You need to use the Get method to obtain the property value.