Active Directory - Create object

Declaration

<AMACTIVEDIRECTORY ACTIVITY="create_object" AUTHTYPE="text (options)" USERNAME="text" PASSWORD="text (encrypted)" LDAPPATH="text" ADOBJECT="text (options)" OBJECTNAME="text" />

Description:

Creates an Active Directory object of the specified type and name.

IMPORTANT: Active Directory activities require a basic understanding of Active Directory and related components (e.g.,Domain Controllers, Trust Relationships, Forests, LDAPs, etc.). Also, to ensure that these activities function appropriately, the target system must be part of a domain.

Practical Usage

Commonly used to create a new Active Directory Organizational Unit, a container into which one can place objects such as users, groups, computers or other organizational units.

Parameters

Object

Property

Type

Required

Default

Markup

Description

Parent path

Text

Yes

(Empty)

LDAPPATH=

"LDAP://DC=netauto,DC=com"

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path of the parent Active Directory container. This is usually the top most container or rootDSE path, the root of the directory data tree on a directory server. Click the Select Container button to launch a standard Windows Active Directory dialog box that allows for the selection an Active Directory container.

Type

Text (Options)

Yes

Organizational

Unit

ADOBJECT="Computer"

The Active Directory object type to create. The available options are:

  • Computer - A Computer object will be created.

  • Organizational Unit (default) - An Organizational Unit will be created.

Name

Text

Yes

(Empty)

OBJECTNAME="serverprinter"

The name of the Active Directory object to create.

Credentials

Property

Type

Required

Default

Markup

Description

Authentication type

Text (options)

No

Default

AUTHTYPE="Encryption"

Specifies the types of authentication used. The available options are:

  • Default - Use default authentication type.

  • None - Equates to zero, which means to use basic authentication (simple bind) in the LDAP provider.

  • Secure - Requests secure authentication. When this flag is set, the WinNT provider uses NTLM to authenticate the client.

  • Encryption - Attaches a cryptographic signature to the message that both identifies the sender and ensures that the message has not been modified in transit.

  • SecureSocketLayer - Attaches a cryptographic signature to the message that both identifies the sender and ensures that the message has not been modified in transit.

  • ReadonlyServer - For a WinNT provider, ADSI tries to connect to a domain controller. For Active Directory Domain Services, this flag indicates that a writable server is not required for a serverless binding.

  • Anonymous - No authentication is performed.

  • FastBind - Specifies that ADSI will not attempt to query the Active Directory Domain Services objectClass property. Therefore, only the base interfaces that are supported by all ADSI objects will be exposed. Other interfaces that the object supports will not be available.

  • Signing - Verifies data integrity to ensure that the data received is the same as the data sent. The Secure flag must also be set to use signing.

  • Sealing - Encrypts data using Kerberos. The Secure flag must also be set to use sealing.

  • Delegation - Enables Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI) to delegate the user's security context, which is necessary for moving objects across domains.

  • ServerBind - If your ADsPath includes a server name, specify this flag when using the LDAP provider. Do not use this flag for paths that include a domain name or for serverless paths. Specifying a server name without also specifying this flag results in unnecessary network traffic.

Username

Text

No

(Empty)

USERNAME="username"

The username context that this activity will execute under. Leave the Username and Password parameters blank in order to use the logon user's credentials.

NOTE:  A Domain User has permission to access Active Directory information. However, only a Domain Administrator has permission to perform Active Directory modifications.

Password

Text

No

(Empty)

PASSWORD="password"

The password associated to the Username context that this activity will execute under. Leave the Username and Password parameters blank in order to use the logon user's credentials.

 

Description

Error Causes

On Error

Example

NOTE: The sample AML code below can be copied and pasted directly into the Steps panel of the Task Builder.

Description: Create an Active Directory COMPUTER object with the name of "serverprinter" (full path is "LDAP://servername.com").

<AMCREATEADOBJECT LDAPPATH="LDAP://servername.com" USERNAME="Dave" PASSWORD="AM2LRnogx3fFdk=aME" ADOBJECT="COMPUTER" OBJECTNAME="serverprinter" />