Re: [gentoo-server] Extract usernames from Active Directory

[Ryan Gibbons <gibbonsr-ml@routedtechnologies.com>]

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> 
> Hello list!
> 
> I'm in the process of setting up a pair of cloud-based email gateways
> based on Postfix. The gateways are meant to perform 'front line
> filtering' against spammers, before the messages entered the measly
> bandwidth into my company's DMZ.
> 
> The 'missing ingredient' would be a way to extract the usernames from
> Windows' Active Directory. I don't really need a full-fledged AD-LDAP
> synchronization, just a way to get them names into a nice list with
> which 'postmap' can act upon.
> 
> I plan to run the extractor tool every 30 minutes on one of the Gentoo
> servers in the DMZ, and automagically push the extraction result -- if
> there's anything new -- onto the mail gateways using rsync. And have
> yet-another-script at the gateways run 15 minutes afterwards to
> 'compile' a new file (maybe leveraging make's baked-in timestamp
> detection).
> 
> Anyone knows what tool(s) I'll need? Especially for the AD extraction part?
> 
> Rgds,
> 
> 
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> Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer
> My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/
 It's been a very long time since I've done this, but I believe the link below will get you going in the right direction 

http://randomerror.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/quick-tip-how-to-search-in-windows-active-directory-from-linux-with-ldapsearch/


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