Table 1: A Breakdown of the LDAP Query

Item

Description

<LDAP://baseDN>

Specifies the starting point for the search.

&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(mail=*)

Searches for user accounts that have a mail attribute.

!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)

Returns accounts that aren't disabled.

!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=65536)

Returns accounts with passwords that expire.

distinguishedName, sAMAccountName, givenName,sn,mail

Specifies the attributes to return.

subtree or onelevel

Subtree searches the specified location and subcontainers; onelevel searches only the specified location.