You can access site information for a domain using the configuration naming context for the domain. The RootDSE object for each directory in the domain contains a configurationNamingContext attribute, with a CN value that is the naming context.
To find the configurationNamingContext, run the ldapsearch utility from the Vantage command prompt, using the DNS name of any directory server in the domain:
ldapsearch -x -b "" -s base -H ldap://dir_name:port configurationNamingContext
The preceding ldapsearch command uses the -H ldap scheme, which usually requires only an anonymous bind, that is, it does not use credentials to authenticate the user running the command.
- -x
- Specifies simple binding for the anonymous authentication of the user that runs the command.
- -b ""
- Specifies the base of the search, in this case the default base "".
- dir_name:port
- The DNS name of a directory server in the domain and the server port designation. If no port is specified, ldapsearch uses the default port for the scheme. See LdapServerName.
- configurationNamingContext
- Identifies the object that the command locates.
The command produces output similar to:
# extended LDIF # # LDAPv3 # base <> with scope base # filter: (objectclass=*) # requesting: configurationNamingContext # dn: configurationNamingContext: CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAIN1,DC=COM # search result search: 2 result: 0 Success # numResponses: 2 # numEntries: 1
where CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAIN1,DC=COM is the distinguished name that you must use to construct a search base in Locating the Site Objects in a Domain.