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ADSI - This is an acronym for Active Directory Service Interface. A library of routines that provide an interface to various directories, such as the Windows NT user account database and the Windows 2000 Active Directory. ADSI can be used in VBScript, Visual Basic, Visual Basic for Applications, and other environments. Besides NT and Active Directory, ADSI also supports Novell bindery, Novell NDS, Internet Information Server (IIS), and other LDAP compliant directories. LDAP - This stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. A language based on the X.500 directory standard that allows clients and servers to communicate. The LDAP provider allows access to the hierarchical structure of Active directory. However, the Windows NT user account database is not LDAP compliant. WinNT - Windows NT namespace provider, supporting the Windows NT user account database. The WinNT provider can also be used to access Active Directory, but it exposes it as a flat namespace. WSH - Windows Script Host, an ActiveX scripting host providing an environment for the execution of scripts using one of several scripting engines or languages, such as VBScript. WSH is included with Windows 2000 and Windows XP. It can be installed on any Windows 32-bit client. WSH has two applications, Cscript and Wscript. Cscript executes scripts in a command line environment, while Wscript executes scripts in a GUI environment. VBScript - Visual Basic Script Edition, a subset of the Visual Basic language. Programs written in VBScript are saved in files with the .VBS extension Active Directory - Microsoft's directory database for Windows 2000 networks. Stores information about resources on the network and provides a means of centrally organizing, managing, and controlling access to the resources. ADO - Acronym for ActiveX Data Objects. ADSI can act as an OLE-DB provider that allows database queries of Active Directory using ADO. Searches using ADO are only allowed in the LDAP namespace. For more information, see ADO Search Tips. WMI - Acronym for Windows Management Instrumentation. WMI is a new management technology allowing scripts to monitor and control managed resources throughout the network. Resources include hard drives, file systems, operating system settings, processes, services, shares, registry settings, networking components, event logs, users, and groups. WMI is built into clients with Windows 2000 or above, and can be installed on any other 32-bit Windows client. AdsPath - A string that specifies an object in Active Directory or the NT SAM account database. In Active Directory, the AdsPath includes the provider (either "LDAP://" or "WinNT://") and the path to the object in Active Directory. Using the LDAP provider, this path is the Distinguished Name of the object. Distinguished Name - A string that uniquely identifies an object in Active Directory. Used by the LDAP provider to bind to the object. The Distinguished Name, sometimes abbreviated DN, specifies the name of the object (the Relative Distinguished Name) and the location of the object in the hierarchical structure of Active Directory. Relative Distinguished Name - The name of an object in Active Directory relative to it's location in the hierarchical structure. The Relative Distinguished Name, sometimes abbreviated RDN, will be the lowest level component of the Distinguished Name. The RDN must be unique in the container (or OU), while the DN will be unique in the forest. |
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