Wildcards in AD

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Is there a wildcard for searching in AD for users, groups etc?

 

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going to start > search > for people > look in: active directory, and then entering the first letters of the name or whatever, will give you a list, so there's no need for a wildcard.
so if i were to search for you i would enter: fer, not fer*. the wildcard is actually blank.

 

that only works if you know what the entry starts with. doesnt work with program groups where you know one of the words in the group name, but not how it starts

 

go to advanced, where you can define search criteria. you've got "contains", "sounds like", "ends with", etc.

 

All i've got in Advanced (when i pick the appropriate setting, eg group>>name) is
Starts
Ends
Is (exactly)
Is not
Present
Not Present

nothing which seems to be contains. and none of them seem to do the job im looking for. hmmmm

 

well now, it looks like you're using aduc (active directory users and computers), right? not the search tool.
okay then, right click domain name, select find, drop down the menu find (where it now says users, contacts, and groups), select custom search, go to advanced and enter an ldap query, like for instance:

(&(objectcategory=user)(name=*fer*))

 

lol found another way actually - exporting the list to a csv file and opening in excel. bit convoluted, but it works.

Fergal

 

I am unable to find any wildcards that work in ADUC. Using this post today, I found that d-Faktor is right. To search for the second half of a User's name in ADUC, you will need to go to the Advanced tab in the search window. Choose the “User” field desired from the pulldown menu and follow it to the right with your cursor to select either First Name or Last Name. Select "End" or “Ends with” as the Condition. Then type in your text in the “Value” field. Click the “Add” button to move this query to the “Condition List” and then hit “Find Now” to search.
If you do this and search on "berto", it will bring up Alberto, Roberto, Humberto, etc. It works for Group Names as well as Users if you select Group at Field and type in the last part of the group's name. If it does not work with your ADUC, your Admins may not have this feature activated. I am unable to use "Present" or "Not Present" successfully in our ADUC.

 

Yikes, 11.5 years since original post!

Have you tried using the "Is (exactly)" condition, in combination with the * wildcard? Works fine for me.

For example:
Name Is (exactly) *Fergal*

 

11.5 years and thanks to you something valid! And an example! Thank you!

 

Where * matches one or more characters, any wildcard that matches only one character?
Many thanks!