Search for Computer Names using List of Users

ad_computer_name_search.rb

# This script will take a list of user names 
# formatted like so:  Amos, Deborah K
# and convert the name into LastnameFirstInitial
# to use for searching Active Directory for 
# matching computer names...


require 'net-ldap'

@ldap = Net::LDAP.new :host => "ip-addr-of-dc",
     :port => 389, :base=> "dc=my,dc=domain,dc=com", 
     :auth => {
           :method => :simple,
           :username => "username@my.domain.com",
           :password => ""
     }

def ad_search(full_name)

  search_filter =  full_name.split(",")[0] + full_name.split(",")[1].lstrip.chr
  filter = Net::LDAP::Filter.eq("cn", search_filter + "*") 
  treebase = "dc=my, dc=domain, dc=com"
  full_name = full_name.sub(/,/, " ").chomp
  
  @ldap.search(:base => treebase, :filter => filter) do |entry|
    puts "#{full_name}, #{search_filter}, #{entry.dn}"
  end

end



users = IO.readlines("c:/exclusion_list.txt")
users.each do |full_name|
  ad_search(full_name)
end 


p ldap.get_operation_result