Question about getting user information from Active Directory

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1

Hello all,

I am new to Ruby. I need a script to get a user's information from
Microsoft Active Directory.

Below is my script.

                require 'rubygems'
                require 'active_directory'
                
                settings = {
                    :host => '192.168.56.102',
                    :base => 'dc=test,dc=com',
                    :port => 636,
                    :encryption => :simple_tls,
                    :auth => {
                        :method => :simple,
                        :username => "username",
                        :password => "password"
                    }
                }
                ActiveDirectory::Base.setup(settings)
                user=ActiveDirectory::User.find(:first, :sAMAccountName => 'logonname')
                puts user.inspect
                
And below is the output. It looks like what I need are in @myhash, but
how to get this hash or I have to parse it as string?

#<ActiveDirectory::User:0x00000001614ee0
@entry=#<Net::LDAP::Entry:0x0000000161ad90 @myhash={:dn=>["CN=firstname
middle. lastname,DC=test,DC=com"], :objectclass=>["top",
"person", "organizationalPerson", "user"], :cn=>["firstname middle.
lastname"], :sn=>["lastname"], :givenname=>["firstname"],
:initials=>["middle"], :distinguishedname=>["CN=firstname middle.
lastname,DC=test,DC=com"], :instancetype=>["4"],
:whencreated=>["20150326061809.0Z"],
:whenchanged=>["20150326101808.0Z"], :displayname=>["firstname middle.
lastname"], :usncreated=>["24686"],
:memberof=>["CN=group1,DC=test,DC=com"],
:usnchanged=>["24732"], :name=>["firstname middle. lastname"],
:objectguid=>["\x1DE,\x0E\x18u\x0FF\xABI\xFA\x15u\x88>w"],
:useraccountcontrol=>["512"], :badpwdcount=>["0"], :codepage=>["0"],
:countrycode=>["0"], :badpasswordtime=>["0"], :lastlogoff=>["0"],
:lastlogon=>["0"], :pwdlastset=>["0"], :primarygroupid=>["513"],
:objectsid=>["\x01\x05\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x05\x15\x00\x00\x00\x04\xA6R\xE9\xAA-\xAAH5\xF6~aR\x04\x00\x00"],
:accountexpires=>["9223372036854775807"], :logoncount=>["0"],
:samaccountname=>["logonname"], :samaccounttype=>["805306368"],
:userprincipalname=>["logonname@test.com"], :lockouttime=>["0"],
:objectcategory=>["CN=Person,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=test,DC=com"],
:dscorepropagationdata=>["20150326094402.0Z", "20150326094349.0Z",
"16010101000416.0Z"], :mail=>["test@test.com"]}>, @attributes={}>

Thanks.

···

--
Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>

2

Hello Rex,

And below is the output. It looks like what I need are in @myhash, but
how to get this hash or I have to parse it as string?

According to the documentation [1], you can either use the #get_attr instance
method or rely on #method_missing to turn any key into a proper call to
#get_attr.

E.g.:

  user.get_attr :name
  user.name

HTH.

    --- Eric

[1] Class: ActiveDirectory::Base — Documentation for active_directory (1.6.0)

···

On Thursday 26 March 2015 19:33:24, Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn> wrote:

3

Thank your Eric.

I tried this before. But it seems that not all attributes can be queried
such as whencreated and whenchanged.

        require 'rubygems'
        require 'active_directory'
        
        # Uses the same settings as net/ldap
        
        settings = {
            :host => '192.168.56.102',
            :base => 'dc=test,dc=com',
            :port => 636,
            :encryption => :simple_tls,
            :auth => {
                :method => :simple,
                :username => "username",
                :password => "password"
            }
        }
        ActiveDirectory::Base.setup(settings)
        
        user=ActiveDirectory::User.find(:first, :sAMAccountName => 'logonname')
        
        arg=['cn', 'samaccountName', 'memberof', 'disabled?', 'password_never_expires?', 'locked?', 'expired?', 'mail', 'displayName', 'distinguishedName', 'givenName', 'initials', 'sn', 'badPwdCount', 'whencreated', 'whenchanged', 'lastLogon']
        userinfo={}
        
        arg.each do |argx|
          begin
            userinfo[argx] = user.send(argx).to_s
          rescue
            userinfo[argx] = 'nil'
          end
        end
        puts "User Information:"
        userinfo.each_key do |key|
          puts "#{key} => "+userinfo[key]
        end

And below is the output. You can see that some attributes always be nil.

User Information:

        cn => firstname middle. lastname
        samaccountName => logonname
        memberof => [#<ActiveDirectory::Group:0x000000021566f0 @entry=#<Net::LDAP::Entry:0x00000002166500 @myhash={:dn=>["CN=group1,OU=OU-IT,DC=test,DC=com"], :objectclass=>["top", "group"], :cn=>["group1"], :member=>["CN=firstname middle. lastname,OU=OU-IT,DC=test,DC=com"], :distinguishedname=>["CN=group1,OU=OU-IT,DC=test,DC=com"], :instancetype=>["4"], :whencreated=>["20150326101906.0Z"], :whenchanged=>["20150326101926.0Z"], :usncreated=>["24735"], :usnchanged=>["24739"], :name=>["group1"], :objectguid=>["\xF3\x88\x00\xE7\xBA\xCE\x1FF\x92\x9F]\xCB\xDD\xE0\xD8l"], :objectsid=>["\x01\x05\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x05\x15\x00\x00\x00\x04\xA6R\xE9\xAA-\xAAH5\xF6~aS\x04\x00\x00"], :samaccountname=>["group1"], :samaccounttype=>["268435456"], :grouptype=>["-2147483646"], :objectcategory=>["CN=Group,C
N=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=test,DC=com"], :dscorepropagationdata=>["16010101000000.0Z"]}>, @attributes={}>]
        disabled? => false
        password_never_expires? => false
        locked? => false
        expired? => false
        mail => test@test.com
        displayName => firstname middle. lastname
        distinguishedName => CN=firstname middle. lastname,OU=OU-IT,DC=test,DC=com
        givenName => firstname
        initials => middle
        sn => lastname
        badPwdCount => 0
        whencreated => nil
        whenchanged => nil
        lastLogon => 0

Do you have any idea how to get whencreated and whenchanged attributes?
Thanks.

Rex

···

On Thu, 2015-03-26 at 23:23 +0100, Eric MSP Veith wrote:

Hello Rex,

On Thursday 26 March 2015 19:33:24, Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn> wrote:
> And below is the output. It looks like what I need are in @myhash, but
> how to get this hash or I have to parse it as string?

According to the documentation [1], you can either use the #get_attr instance
method or rely on #method_missing to turn any key into a proper call to
#get_attr.

E.g.:

  user.get_attr :name
  user.name

HTH.

    --- Eric

[1] Class: ActiveDirectory::Base — Documentation for active_directory (1.6.0)

--
Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>

4

What happens when you just do

  p user.get_attr :whencreated

?

The missing piece of information is obviously there in the User object.

Btw, why the dance with Object#send? There's #get_attr for your User object;
you could easily work with that, e.g.

  %i(cn displayName whencreated whenchanged).each do |i|
    puts "#{i} => #{user.get_attr i}"
  end

HTH.
      --- Eric

···

On Friday 27 March 2015 09:50:16, Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn> wrote:

Thank your Eric.

I tried this before. But it seems that not all attributes can be queried
such as whencreated and whenchanged.

5

Hello Eric,

Thank you Eric. Your example is better and clear.

Below is error output when just do:

        p user.get_attr :whencreated

        /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/field_type/date.rb:35:in `decode': undefined method `parse' for Time:Class (NoMethodError)
        
        from /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:527:in `decode_field'
        
        from /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:554:in `get_attr'
        
        from /home/rexzhang/RubymineProjects/ITI/AccountManagement/ad_create_account.rb:20:in `<top (required)>'
          from -e:1:in `load'
          from -e:1:in `<main>'

Regards,
Rex

···

On Fri, 2015-03-27 at 15:26 +0100, Eric MSP Veith wrote:

On Friday 27 March 2015 09:50:16, Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn> wrote:
> Thank your Eric.
>
> I tried this before. But it seems that not all attributes can be queried
> such as whencreated and whenchanged.

What happens when you just do

  p user.get_attr :whencreated

?

The missing piece of information is obviously there in the User object.

Btw, why the dance with Object#send? There's #get_attr for your User object;
you could easily work with that, e.g.

  %i(cn displayName whencreated whenchanged).each do |i|
    puts "#{i} => #{user.get_attr i}"
  end

HTH.
      --- Eric

--
Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>

6

Hi Rex.

I guess this is a Ruby-related issue. What version of Ruby do you use?

Have a good day.

···

2015-03-30 6:46 GMT+03:00 Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>:

Hello Eric,

Thank you Eric. Your example is better and clear.

Below is error output when just do:

p user.get_attr :whencreated

/home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/field_type/date.rb:35:in
`decode': undefined method `parse' for Time:Class (NoMethodError)
from
/home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:527:in
`decode_field'
from
/home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:554:in
`get_attr'
from
/home/rexzhang/RubymineProjects/ITI/AccountManagement/ad_create_account.rb:20:in
`<top (required)>'
from -e:1:in `load'
from -e:1:in `<main>'

Regards,
Rex

On Fri, 2015-03-27 at 15:26 +0100, Eric MSP Veith wrote:

On Friday 27 March 2015 09:50:16, Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn> wrote:> Thank your Eric.> > I tried this before. But it seems that not all attributes can be queried> such as whencreated and whenchanged.

What happens when you just do

  p user.get_attr :whencreated

?

The missing piece of information is obviously there in the User object.

Btw, why the dance with Object#send? There's #get_attr for your User object;
you could easily work with that, e.g.

  %i(cn displayName whencreated whenchanged).each do |i|
    puts "#{i} => #{user.get_attr i}"
  end

HTH.
      --- Eric

  --
Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>

--
İyi günler.
İsmail Arılık

7

Hi Ismail,

Ruby version: ruby 2.1.5p273 (2014-11-13 revision 48405) [x86_64-linux]

Regards,
Rex

···

On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 09:21 +0300, İsmail Arılık wrote:

Hi Rex.

I guess this is a Ruby-related issue. What version of Ruby do you use?

Have a good day.

2015-03-30 6:46 GMT+03:00 Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>:

        Hello Eric,
        
        Thank you Eric. Your example is better and clear.
        
        Below is error output when just do:
        
                p user.get_attr :whencreated
        
                /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/field_type/date.rb:35:in `decode': undefined method `parse' for Time:Class (NoMethodError)
                from /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:527:in `decode_field'
                from /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:554:in `get_attr'
                from /home/rexzhang/RubymineProjects/ITI/AccountManagement/ad_create_account.rb:20:in `<top (required)>'
                from -e:1:in `load'
                from -e:1:in `<main>'
        
        Regards,
        Rex
        
        On Fri, 2015-03-27 at 15:26 +0100, Eric MSP Veith wrote:
        
        > On Friday 27 March 2015 09:50:16, Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn> wrote:
        > > Thank your Eric.
        > >
        > > I tried this before. But it seems that not all attributes can be queried
        > > such as whencreated and whenchanged.
        >
        > What happens when you just do
        >
        > p user.get_attr :whencreated
        >
        > ?
        >
        > The missing piece of information is obviously there in the User object.
        >
        > Btw, why the dance with Object#send? There's #get_attr for your User object;
        > you could easily work with that, e.g.
        >
        > %i(cn displayName whencreated whenchanged).each do |i|
        > puts "#{i} => #{user.get_attr i}"
        > end
        >
        > HTH.
        > --- Eric
        
--
Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>

8

I have researched and saw required `Time` class was not required in the
related `date.rb` file. It seems like a bug. The link of the file is below
and maybe you want to research deeply and open an issue in the Github page:

···

2015-03-30 9:32 GMT+03:00 Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>:

Hi Ismail,

Ruby version: ruby 2.1.5p273 (2014-11-13 revision 48405) [x86_64-linux]

Regards,
Rex

On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 09:21 +0300, İsmail Arılık wrote:

Hi Rex.

I guess this is a Ruby-related issue. What version of Ruby do you use?

Have a good day.

2015-03-30 6:46 GMT+03:00 Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>:

Hello Eric,

Thank you Eric. Your example is better and clear.

Below is error output when just do:

p user.get_attr :whencreated

/home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/field_type/date.rb:35:in
`decode': undefined method `parse' for Time:Class (NoMethodError)
from
/home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:527:in
`decode_field'
from
/home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:554:in
`get_attr'
from
/home/rexzhang/RubymineProjects/ITI/AccountManagement/ad_create_account.rb:20:in
`<top (required)>'
from -e:1:in `load'
from -e:1:in `<main>'

Regards,
Rex

On Fri, 2015-03-27 at 15:26 +0100, Eric MSP Veith wrote:

On Friday 27 March 2015 09:50:16, Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn> wrote:> Thank your Eric.> > I tried this before. But it seems that not all attributes can be queried> such as whencreated and whenchanged.

What happens when you just do

  p user.get_attr :whencreated

?

The missing piece of information is obviously there in the User object.

Btw, why the dance with Object#send? There's #get_attr for your User object;
you could easily work with that, e.g.

  %i(cn displayName whencreated whenchanged).each do |i|
    puts "#{i} => #{user.get_attr i}"
  end

HTH.
      --- Eric

    --
Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>

--
İyi günler.
İsmail Arılık

9

Thank you very much! After change "Time.parse(remote_time)" to
"remote_time", the problem seems resolved.

      # Decodes an Active Directory date when stored as ISO8601

···

#
      def self.decode(remote_time)
        Time.parse(remote_time) # Change this line to remote_time
      end

Regards,
Rex

On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 09:40 +0300, İsmail Arılık wrote:

I have researched and saw required `Time` class was not required in
the related `date.rb` file. It seems like a bug. The link of the file
is below and maybe you want to research deeply and open an issue in
the Github page:

active_directory/lib/active_directory/field_type/date.rb at master · ajrkerr/active_directory · GitHub

2015-03-30 9:32 GMT+03:00 Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>:

        Hi Ismail,
        
        Ruby version: ruby 2.1.5p273 (2014-11-13 revision 48405)
        [x86_64-linux]
        
        Regards,
        Rex
        
        On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 09:21 +0300, İsmail Arılık wrote:
        
        > Hi Rex.
        >
        >
        > I guess this is a Ruby-related issue. What version of Ruby
        > do you use?
        >
        >
        > Have a good day.
        >
        > 2015-03-30 6:46 GMT+03:00 Rex Zhang
        > <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>:
        >
        > Hello Eric,
        >
        > Thank you Eric. Your example is better and clear.
        >
        > Below is error output when just do:
        >
        >
        > p user.get_attr :whencreated
        >
        >
        >
        > /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/field_type/date.rb:35:in `decode': undefined method `parse' for Time:Class (NoMethodError)
        > from /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:527:in `decode_field'
        > from /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:554:in `get_attr'
        > from /home/rexzhang/RubymineProjects/ITI/AccountManagement/ad_create_account.rb:20:in `<top (required)>'
        > from -e:1:in `load'
        > from -e:1:in `<main>'
        >
        >
        > Regards,
        > Rex
        >
        >
        >
        >
        > On Fri, 2015-03-27 at 15:26 +0100, Eric MSP Veith > > wrote:
        >
        > > On Friday 27 March 2015 09:50:16, Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn> wrote:
        > > > Thank your Eric.
        > > >
        > > > I tried this before. But it seems that not all attributes can be queried
        > > > such as whencreated and whenchanged.
        > >
        > > What happens when you just do
        > >
        > > p user.get_attr :whencreated
        > >
        > > ?
        > >
        > > The missing piece of information is obviously there in the User object.
        > >
        > > Btw, why the dance with Object#send? There's #get_attr for your User object;
        > > you could easily work with that, e.g.
        > >
        > > %i(cn displayName whencreated whenchanged).each do |i|
        > > puts "#{i} => #{user.get_attr i}"
        > > end
        > >
        > > HTH.
        > > --- Eric
        >
        >
        >
        >
        >
        >
        
--
Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>

10

Like Ismail pointed it. Seems like the Time class isn't required. You removed the Time.parse method call and the error went away. Revert that change since that really isn't a fix it's a side effect. What happens if you add...

require 'time'

at the top above module?

Jorge Colon

Senior Software Architect/Owner
2UP Media
c: 407.489.2677
info@2upmedia.com
www.2upmedia.com

LinkedIn
PHP Zend Certified Engineer

···

On Mar 30, 2015, at 2:55 AM, Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn> wrote:

Thank you very much! After change "Time.parse(remote_time)" to "remote_time", the problem seems resolved.
active_directory/lib/active_directory/field_type/date.rb at master · ajrkerr/active_directory · GitHub

# Decodes an Active Directory date when stored as ISO8601
      #
      def self.decode(remote_time)
        Time.parse(remote_time) # Change this line to remote_time
      end

Regards,
Rex

On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 09:40 +0300, İsmail Arılık wrote:
I have researched and saw required `Time` class was not required in the related `date.rb` file. It seems like a bug. The link of the file is below and maybe you want to research deeply and open an issue in the Github page:
active_directory/lib/active_directory/field_type/date.rb at master · ajrkerr/active_directory · GitHub
2015-03-30 9:32 GMT+03:00 Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>:
Hi Ismail,

Ruby version: ruby 2.1.5p273 (2014-11-13 revision 48405) [x86_64-linux]

Regards,
Rex

On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 09:21 +0300, İsmail Arılık wrote:
Hi Rex.

I guess this is a Ruby-related issue. What version of Ruby do you use?

Have a good day.

2015-03-30 6:46 GMT+03:00 Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>:
Hello Eric,

Thank you Eric. Your example is better and clear.

Below is error output when just do:

p user.get_attr :whencreated

/home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/field_type/date.rb:35:in `decode': undefined method `parse' for Time:Class (NoMethodError)
from /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:527:in `decode_field'
from /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:554:in `get_attr'
from /home/rexzhang/RubymineProjects/ITI/AccountManagement/ad_create_account.rb:20:in `<top (required)>'
from -e:1:in `load'
from -e:1:in `<main>'

Regards,
Rex

On Fri, 2015-03-27 at 15:26 +0100, Eric MSP Veith wrote:
On Friday 27 March 2015 09:50:16, Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn> wrote:
> Thank your Eric.
>
> I tried this before. But it seems that not all attributes can be queried
> such as whencreated and whenchanged.

What happens when you just do

  p user.get_attr :whencreated

?

The missing piece of information is obviously there in the User object.

Btw, why the dance with Object#send? There's #get_attr for your User object;
you could easily work with that, e.g.

  %i(cn displayName whencreated whenchanged).each do |i|
    puts "#{i} => #{user.get_attr i}"
  end

HTH.
      --- Eric

--
Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>

11

Hi Jorge,

Thank you for your suggestion.

After remove Time.parse method, the output is like below:
whencreated => 20150319102224.0Z

After add require 'time', it makes better readability.
whencreated => 2015-03-19 10:22:24 UTC

Regards,
Rex

···

On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 03:19 -0400, Jorge Colon wrote:

Like Ismail pointed it. Seems like the Time class isn't required. You
removed the Time.parse method call and the error went away. Revert
that change since that really isn't a fix it's a side effect. What
happens if you add...

require 'time'

at the top above module?

Jorge Colon

Senior Software Architect/Owner
2UP Media
c: 407.489.2677
info@2upmedia.com
www.2upmedia.com

LinkedIn
PHP Zend Certified Engineer

On Mar 30, 2015, at 2:55 AM, Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn> wrote:

> Thank you very much! After change "Time.parse(remote_time)" to
> "remote_time", the problem seems resolved.
> active_directory/lib/active_directory/field_type/date.rb at master · ajrkerr/active_directory · GitHub
>
> # Decodes an Active Directory date when stored as ISO8601
>
> #
> def self.decode(remote_time)
> Time.parse(remote_time) # Change this line to remote_time
> end
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Rex
>
> On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 09:40 +0300, İsmail Arılık wrote:
>
> > I have researched and saw required `Time` class was not required
> > in the related `date.rb` file. It seems like a bug. The link of
> > the file is below and maybe you want to research deeply and open
> > an issue in the Github page:
> >
> >
> > active_directory/lib/active_directory/field_type/date.rb at master · ajrkerr/active_directory · GitHub
> >
> >
> > 2015-03-30 9:32 GMT+03:00 Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>:
> >
> > Hi Ismail,
> >
> > Ruby version: ruby 2.1.5p273 (2014-11-13 revision 48405)
> > [x86_64-linux]
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rex
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 09:21 +0300, İsmail Arılık wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Rex.
> > >
> > >
> > > I guess this is a Ruby-related issue. What version of
> > > Ruby do you use?
> > >
> > >
> > > Have a good day.
> > >
> > > 2015-03-30 6:46 GMT+03:00 Rex Zhang
> > > <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>:
> > >
> > > Hello Eric,
> > >
> > > Thank you Eric. Your example is better and
> > > clear.
> > >
> > > Below is error output when just do:
> > >
> > >
> > > p user.get_attr :whencreated
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/field_type/date.rb:35:in `decode': undefined method `parse' for Time:Class (NoMethodError)
> > > from /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:527:in `decode_field'
> > > from /home/rexzhang/.gem/ruby/gems/active_directory-1.6.0/lib/active_directory/base.rb:554:in `get_attr'
> > > from /home/rexzhang/RubymineProjects/ITI/AccountManagement/ad_create_account.rb:20:in `<top (required)>'
> > > from -e:1:in `load'
> > > from -e:1:in `<main>'
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Rex
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2015-03-27 at 15:26 +0100, Eric MSP > > > > Veith wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Friday 27 March 2015 09:50:16, Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn> wrote:
> > > > > Thank your Eric.
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried this before. But it seems that not all attributes can be queried
> > > > > such as whencreated and whenchanged.
> > > >
> > > > What happens when you just do
> > > >
> > > > p user.get_attr :whencreated
> > > >
> > > > ?
> > > >
> > > > The missing piece of information is obviously there in the User object.
> > > >
> > > > Btw, why the dance with Object#send? There's #get_attr for your User object;
> > > > you could easily work with that, e.g.
> > > >
> > > > %i(cn displayName whencreated whenchanged).each do |i|
> > > > puts "#{i} => #{user.get_attr i}"
> > > > end
> > > >
> > > > HTH.
> > > > --- Eric
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Rex Zhang <rexzhang@cienet.com.cn>