Find inactive LDAP accounts by using the userAccountControl field

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
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    • Identify when an Active Directory (AD) user is deleted (or made inactive).

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin

    About this task

    One method is to track the active status of AD users and create a business rule to update corresponding accounts when an AD account is inactive.

    Procedure

    1. Create a new string field on the User [sys_user] table to track the value of the AD userAccountControl field.
      For example: u_ad_user_account.
    2. Create an LDAP transform script to set the field value. 
      target.u_ad_user_account = source.userAccountControl
    3. Update the LDAP filter to show disabled AD accounts.
      Here is an example of a filter. 
      (&(objectClass=person)(sn=*)(!(objectClass=computer))(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)))

      Here is an example of a replacement filter you can use.

      (&(objectClass=person)(sn=*)(!(objectClass=computer)))
    4. Create an onChange business rule to set the active field to false whenever the u_ad_user_account field has the value 514.
      '514' indicates an inactive account.