A script searching for computers in AD by names' wildcard

find_hosts_in_ad.py

# get a list of hosts with names matching a wildcard from AD
# on RedHat-based systems python-ldap package is required

import ldap

# get a field from ldap results
res_field = lambda r, n: r[1][n][0]

# send search query to ldap and get a result
ldap_search = lambda ldap_srv, wld_card: ldap_srv.search_s('ou=servers,dc=example,dc=com',
	ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,
	'(&(objectclass=computer)(name=%s))' % wld_card,
	['name'])

# return a list of hosts with names matching a wildcard
def lst_hosts(wld_card):
	ldap_srv = ldap.initialize('ldap://dc.example.com')
	ldap_srv.simple_bind_s('admin@example.com', 'ver7s3ctertw0rd')
	return [res_field(res, 'name').lower() for res in ldap_search(ldap_srv, wld_card)]