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AD: Is Account Disabled

Distinguished

Use the step to check if the current status of an existing Active Directory account is disabled.

Configurations

Field nameDescription
Step nameSpecify a unique name for the step.
CONNECTION tab:Connection fields
Server NameSpecify the Hostname or Server Name or Fully Qualified Domain Name or IP address of machine where Active Directory is hosted.
The field is mandatory.
PortThe port number for Active Directory should be provided. If port number is not provided, internally default port for Active Directory is used that is, 389.
Port should be an integer.
UsernameProvide User Logon Name (e.g. sbrown, scott.brown etc.) or User Principal Name (e.g. sbrown@autoedge.com) of an Active Directory account to authenticate.
This field is mandatory.
Password:
Accept Values from fieldsLeave checkbox unchecked to accept Password value from a field in the previous steps of the stream using a drop down list. Else enable checkbox for Password field to appear as Text box.
PasswordPassword is entered using a widget. The widget handles both Text (static value or environment variable) and Combo (drop down containing values from previous steps).
This field is mandatory.
If checkbox above is enabled Password field appears as Text box and accepts static values or variables. Else if checkbox above is disabled Password field appears as a drop down to select fields from previous steps.
Button: Test ConnectionVerifies whether the connection is available or not. For the purpose of verification fields coming from previous steps are not allowed. Static values and environment variables are allowed.
INPUT tab:Input fields
Object TypeObject Type: Allowed values are ‘User’, ‘Computer’.
The data type is String. This field is mandatory.
Object NameSpecify an existing Active Directory object name from which you want to check if the account is disabled.
  • For object type User in Active Directory you may specify User logon name (e.g. sbrown, scott.brown etc.), User Principal Name (e.g. sbrown@autoedge.com) or User Name (CN).
  • For object type Computer you may specify Computer Name (CN).
  • You may specify Distinguished Name or Canonical Name for both User and Computer object type.
The data type is string. This field is mandatory.
Object Name must be unique in Active Directory.
Note: User Name(CN) in Active Directory should not contain a slash (/ or \).
OUTPUT tab:Output fields
ResultSpecify an output field to hold the result of the plugin execution.
Default label value for this field is “Result”. Result label value is mandatory.
If Account is disabled the Result is true else false.