Use the principal_to_dn command to search Active Directory for the specified user principal name (UPN) of a security principal (user, machine, or group). If a security principal is found for the specified UPN, the command returns the distinguished name (DN) of the principal.
Zone type
Not applicable
Syntax
principal_to_dn principal_upn
Abbreviation
ptd
Options
This command takes no options.
Arguments
This command takes the following argument:
| Argument | Type | Description |
|
principal_upn |
string |
Required. Specifies the user principal name (UPN) of a security principal. |
Return value
This command returns a distinguished name. If the command doesn’t find the specified security principal in Active Directory, it presents a message that it didn’t find the principal.
Examples
principal_to_dn brenda.butler@acme.com
This example returns the distinguished name for the specified UPN:
cn=brenda butler,cn=users,dc=acme,dc=com
Related commands
The following commands perform actions related to this command:
- dn_from_domain converts a domain’s dotted name to a distinguished name.
- get_parent_dn returns the parent of an LDAP path as a distinguished name.
- get_rdn returns the relative distinguished name of an LDAP path.
- dn_to_principal searches Active Directory for a distinguished name, and, if found, returns the corresponding user principal name (UPN).
- principal_from_sid searches Active Directory for a security identifier and returns the security principal associated with the security identifier.
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