Active Directory Entry Values

The tables that follow provide you with detailed information about various Active Directory entry values and how to locate them in the Properties dialog box. This information corresponds to the information stored using the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in. To locate entry values, right-click on a User object, then choose Properties. Then, click on the tab that corresponds to "property sheet," and locate the item in the dialog box that corresponds to "label."

"General" Property Sheet

LabelValueAdditional information
First Name givenName None.
Last Name sn None.
Initials initials None.
Description description None.
Office physicalDeliveryOfficeName None.
Telephone Number telephoneNumber None.
Telephone: Other otherTelephone None.
E-Mail mail None.
Web Page wwwHomePage None.
Web Page: Other url None.

"Account" Property Sheet

LabelValueAdditional information
UserLogon Name userPrincipalName The LDAP attribute is logonPrincipalName, which prefixes the Logon Name drop-down menu and adds the full text to the value of the entry.
User logon name
(pre-Windows 2000)
sAMAccountname None.
Logon Hours logonHours None.
Log On To logonWorkstation None.
Account is locked out userAccountControl Toggles a bit in the userAccountControl bitmask (flag: UF_ACCOUNTSDISABLE).
User must change password at next logon pwdLastSet None.
User cannot change password Not applicable. This is the Change Password control in the access-control list.
Other Account Options userAccountControl The remaining items in Account Options toggle bits in the userAccountControl bitmask (flags in a DWORD).
Account Expires accountExpires None.

"Address" Property Sheet

LabelValueAdditional information
Street streetAddress None.
P.O.Box postOfficeBox None.
City l The "l" attribute name is a lowercase "L" as in "look."
State/Province st None.
Zip/Postal Code postalCode None.
Country/Region c Also sets co (LDAP) and CountryCode attributes with appropriate value.

"Member Of" Property Sheet

LabelValueAdditional information
Member of memberOf None.
Set Primary Group primaryGroupID LDAP: Tied to PrimaryGroupToken of the primary group.

"Organization" Property Sheet

LabelValueAdditional information
Title title None.
Department department None.
Company company None.
Manager:Name manager None.
Direct Reports directReports Back linked by the Active Directory to directreports.

"Profile" Property Sheet

LabelValueAdditional information
Profile Path profilePath None.
Logon Script scriptPath None.
Home Folder: Local Path Not applicable. None.
Home Folder: Connect homeDrive None.
Home Folder: To homeDirectory Mutually exclusive. Either a home share or a local directory path, but not both.
Drive Letter Drop-down HomeDirDrive (LDAP Attribute) None.

"Telephone" Property Sheet

LabelValueAdditional information
Home telephoneNumber LDAP: homePhone.
Home: Other otherTelephone LDAP: otherHomePhone
Pager pager None.
Pager: Other pagerOther LDAP: otherPager.
Mobile mobile None.
Mobile: Other otherMobile None.
Fax facsimileTelephoneNumber None.
Fax: Other otherFacsimileTelephoneNumber None.
IP phone ipPhone None.
IP phone: Other otherIpPhone None.
Notes info None.

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