Trying to search AD account properties pulling from a CSV. The Import-CSV line works by itself. I cannot for the life of me figure out why it is asking for a filter. I took this from another script I found where they said it worked. Others were using a For-Each statement.
PS C:\Users\XXXXX> Import-CSV .\listofnames.csv | Get-ADUser $_.DisplayName -properties displayname
Get-ADUser : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Identity'. The argument is null or an element of the argument
collection contains a null value.
At line:1 char:43
+ Import-CSV .\listofnames.csv | Get-ADUser $_.DisplayName -properties ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Get-ADUser], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.GetADUser
Its prompting you for the 'Identity' because that is how it identifies what user you are searching for.
Try this:
$users = get-content C:\Temp\test.csv
foreach ($user in $users){Get-ADUser -Identity $user -Properties displayname}
The CSV file just has the user IDs for the users who you would like to find info for.
Or if you can try the following:
Import-Csv C:\Temp\users.csv | ForEach-Object { Get-ADUser -identity $_.Name -Properties displayname }
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I'm trying to import a .csv file that contains multiple AD groups and I want to get only the notes and Description field. I'm currently getting errors, and I'm not sure what I'm doing incorrectly. Any help will be appreciated.
$ADGroups = import-csv "C:\Users\User\Documents\ADNotesField.csv"
foreach ($ADGroup in $ADGroups)
{ Get-ADGroup -Identity $ADGroup -Properties info, description
}
$ADGroup | Export-CSV -Path "C:\Users\User\Documents.csv" -NoTypeInformation
This is the error that I'm receiving:
Get-ADGroup : Cannot convert 'System.Object[]' to the type 'Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADGroup' required by parameter 'Identity'. Specified method is not supported.
At line:3 char:25
+ { Get-ADGroup -identity $ADGroups -Properties info, description
+ ~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-ADGroup], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgument,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.GetADGroup
CSV File first few lines starting at cell A1 and going down to A2, etc. All of these are AD Groups:
Domain Users
Washington Techs
California Techs
Nevada Techs
If you really have a CSV (comma-delimited) and considering the Users column has the AD Groups you need to query, the following should work:
Import-Csv "C:\Users\User\Documents\ADNotesField.csv" | ForEach-Object {
try {
Get-ADGroup -Identity $_.Users -Properties info, description
}
catch {
Write-Warning $_.Exception.Message
}
} | Select-Object Name, Info, Description |
Export-CSV -Path "C:\Users\User\Documents.csv" -NoTypeInformation
I am trying to make a very simple script work that reads a CSV with 100 SamAccountName/Identities into a variable and then returns AD Users with all Objects from Get-ADUser.
The CSV only contains usernames (1 each line) so essentially it could also be a simple text file.
I feel like I'm very close but I can't make it work for some reason.
$users= (Import-CSV 'C:\Temp\users.csv') # <-- Doesn't work
#$users= "backupservice","name01" <-- This Works
ForEach ($user in $users)
{
Get-ADUser $user -Properties *
}
Here's the error message when I am trying to read the CSV into the loop:
Get-ADUser : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Identity'. The Identity property on the argument is null or empty.
At line:8 char:16
+ Get-ADUser $user -Properties *
+ ~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Get-ADUser], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.GetADUser
Okay, so I have an issue with parameter binding but I am not sure how to fix it.
I would appreciate any input/insight you could give me.
Thank you!
I actually just now took the original CSV (which had two columns [SamAccountName and UPN]) and fixed it just now with the following code:
$users = (Import-CSV "C:\Temp\Test001.csv" | Select SamAccountName -ExpandProperty SamAccountName)
ForEach ($user in $users)
{
Get-ADUser $user -Properties * #| Export-CSV 'C:\Temp\users_expanded.csv'-Append
}
Is there a better way to do this? The journey continues.
I have a list of users in active directory to which I have to remove the description and office fields. how can i do through poweshell? I try this but not work.
My code path is ok
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
$Users = Import-csv C:\Users\xxxx\Desktop\test.csv
foreach($User in $Users){
Set-ADUser $User.SamAccountName -Description $User.NewDescription
}
my csv
SamAccountName;NewDescription;EmailAddress
xxxxxxxxxx;xxxxxxxxxxx;xxxxxxxxxxxxx#libero.it
Powershell answer
Set-ADUser : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Identity'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the
argument, and then try running the command again.
At line:4 char:12
+ Set-ADUser $User.SamAccountName -Description $User.NewDescription
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.SetADUs
er
Help will be appreciated
You need to specify your delimiter on your import-csv statement. The default is comma separated, so you can define it like so
$Users = Import-csv C:\Users\xxxx\Desktop\test.csv -Delimiter ';'
Without this, then it's importing as one single column instead of three.
See Import-CSV for more.
It might work?
$users = Import-Csv -Path C:\users1.csv
foreach ($user in $users) {
#Search in specified OU and Update existing attributes
Get-ADUser -Filter “SamAccountName -eq ‘$($user.samaccountname)'” -Properties * -SearchBase “cn=Users,DC=**********,DC=*****” |
Set-ADUser -Clear description, Office
}
I am trying to retrieve the membership for a specific office of one specific security group in our working environment, instead of Get-ADGroupMember which is slow and always get time-out when there is a huge user list.
My code is as below:
Import-module ActiveDirectory
**$groupinfo** = Get-ADGroup -identity "vip"
Get-ADuser -LDAPFilter '(&(objectcategory=user)(memberof='**$groupinfo.DistinguishedName**'))' -Properties office,title | where {$_.office -like 'New York'} | select name,samaccountname,office,title |Export-csv -NoTypeInformation c:\tmp\NY.csv -Delimiter ";"
I get the following error
Get-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '**CN=vip,OU=Groups,DC=contoso,DC=com**'.
At line:2 char:2
+ Get-ADuser -LDAPFilter '(&(objectcategory=user)(memberof='$group.Dis ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.GetADUser
Can anyone advise me how to use this variable $groupinfo in LDAPFilter?
Do I need a junction?
Get-ADuser -LDAPFilter '(&(objectcategory=user)(memberof=**CN=vip,OU=Groups,DC=contoso,DC=com**))' -Properties office,title | where {$_.office -like 'New York'} | select name,samaccountname,office,title |Export-csv -NoTypeInformation c:\tmp\NY.csv -Delimiter ";"
This one does work when no variable.
If you use double-quotes around the LDAPFilter, the content of the variable is used instead of the variable name literal.
Try:
Get-ADuser -LDAPFilter "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(memberOf=$($groupinfo.DistinguishedName)))" -Properties office,title |
Where-Object {$_.office -like '*New York*'} |
Select-Object name,samaccountname,office,title |
Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation c:\tmp\NY.csv -Delimiter ";"
Note: I have not tried to put all this in a single ling, because doing that just askes for mistakes that are hard to spot. Also, I changed (objectcategory=user) to (objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user) to make sure only user objects are returned. See Filter on objectCategory and objectClasO
Im trying to populate the manager fields on AD using
Import-Csv C:\Testimport.csv | ForEach-Object {Set-ADUser -Identity $_.samAccountName -Replace #{Manager=$_.manager}}
But I get the following error:
Set-ADUser : Cannot bind parameter 'Replace' to the target. Exception
setting " Replace": "Object reference not set to an instance of an
object." At line:1 char:95
+ Import-Csv C:\Testimport.csv | ForEach-Object {Set-ADUser -Identity $.samAcc ountName -Replace <<<< #{manager=$.manager}}
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingEx ception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterBindingFailed,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory
.Management.Commands.SetADUser
Depending on what the Manager is represented by in your csv you can just use the Set-Aduser parameter -Manager on its own.
Import-Csv C:\Testimport.csv | ForEach-Object {Set-ADUser -Identity $_.samAccountName -Manager $_.manager}
If not please show some sample date in your question. This would work in Manager was a account name at least. Also there is an error in the code you ran: manager=$.manager should be manager=$_.manager
If $_.manager is the Manager sAMAccountName attribute, you need the distinguidhedName attribute to use it later as a value into -Replace parameter:
Import-Csv C:\Testimport.csv |
ForEach-Object {
$managerDN = (Get-ADUser $_.manager).distinguishedName
Set-ADUser -Identity $_.samAccountName -Replace #{Manager=$managerDN}
}