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Retrieve a photo from Active Directory with ldapsearch (Linux).
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ldapsearch.sh
SERVER="dc1.us.yourcompany.com"
DN="CN=aUserLogin,OU=SomeOrgUnit,OU=AnotherOrgUnit,DC=dc1,DC=us,DC=yourcompany,DC=com"
PASSWORD="aUserLoginsPassword"
OU="ou=AnotherOrgUnit,dc=us,dc=yourcompany,dc=com"
ldapsearch -h "$SERVER" -p 389 \
-x -D "$DN" -w "$PASSWORD" \
-t -s sub -b "$OU" "(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=anotherUserLogin))" "thumbnailPhoto"
# Or, get all the users in one go...
ldapsearch -h "$SERVER" -p 389 \
-x -D "$DN" -w "$PASSWORD" \
-t -s sub -b "$OU" "(&(objectClass=user)(thumbnailPhoto=*))" "sAMAccountName" "thumbnailPhoto"
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Might be a dumb question, but where are the photos being stored? Is it just the working directory of the bash script?

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