NAME Win32::NameTranslate - Convenience perl wrapper around IADsNameTranslate interface VERSION version 0.06 DESCRIPTION Win32::NameTranslate is a convenience wrapper around the "IADsNameTranslate" interface, which can be used to convert the names of Active Directory objects from one format to another. "IADsNameTranslate" is an "ADSI" implementation of the "DsCrackNames" API. "IADsNameTranslate" is usually accessed via Win32::OLE, this wrapper just makes it slightly easier to use. SYNPOSIS use strict; use warnings; use Win32::NameTranslate qw[:all]; use Win32::OLE; # Create a new name translator, using Global Catalog my $trans = Win32::NameTranslate->new( ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC ); my $canonical = 'localdomain.local/_SomeOU/_AnotherOU/Tommy Tester'; # Specify Canonical format and name to lookup $trans->set( ADS_NAME_TYPE_CANONICAL, $canonical ) || die Win32::OLE->LastError; # Lets get the RFC 1779 'LDAP' type name my $rfc = $trans->get( ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 ); # rfc = 'CN=tommy tester,OU=_AnotherOU,OU=_SomeOU,DC=localdomain,DC=local' my @multiple = ( 'localdomain.local/_SomeOU/_AnotherOU/Tommy Tester', 'localdomain.local/_Admins/_Enterprise/Johnny Admin', ); # We can lookup multiple names by providing an arrayref $trans->set( ADS_NAME_TYPE_CANONICAL, \@multiple ) || die Win32::OLE->LastError; my @rfcs = $trans->get( ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 ); EXPORTS A number of constants are defined and exported by this module. You may specify ":all" to import all the constants into your namespace. Nothing is imported by default. "ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_ENUM" The "ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_ENUM" enumeration specifies the types of initialisation to perform on a "NameTranslate" object. "ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_DOMAIN" Initializes a NameTranslate object by setting the domain that the object binds to. "ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_SERVER" Initializes a NameTranslate object by setting the server that the object binds to. "ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC" Initializes a NameTranslate object by locating the global catalog that the object binds to. "ADS_NAME_TYPE_ENUM" The "ADS_NAME_TYPE_ENUM" enumeration specifies the formats used for representing distinguished names: "ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779" Name format as specified in RFC 1779. For example, "CN=Jeff Smith,CN=users,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com". "ADS_NAME_TYPE_CANONICAL" Canonical name format. For example, "Fabrikam.com/Users/Jeff Smith". "ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4" Account name format used in Windows NT 4.0. For example, "Fabrikam\JeffSmith". "ADS_NAME_TYPE_DISPLAY" Display name format. For example, "Jeff Smith". "ADS_NAME_TYPE_DOMAIN_SIMPLE" Simple domain name format. For example, "JeffSmith@Fabrikam.com". "ADS_NAME_TYPE_ENTERPRISE_SIMPLE" Simple enterprise name format. For example, "JeffSmith@Fabrikam.com". "ADS_NAME_TYPE_GUID" Global Unique Identifier format. For example, "{95ee9fff-3436-11d1-b2b0-d15ae3ac8436}". "ADS_NAME_TYPE_UNKNOWN" Unknown name type. The system will estimate the format. This element is a meaningful option only with the "set" method, but not with the "get" method. "ADS_NAME_TYPE_USER_PRINCIPAL_NAME" User principal name format. For example, "JeffSmith@Fabrikam.com". "ADS_NAME_TYPE_CANONICAL_EX" Extended canonical name format. For example, "Fabrikam.com/Users Jeff Smith". "ADS_NAME_TYPE_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_NAME" Service principal name format. For example, "www/www.fabrikam.com@fabrikam.com". "ADS_NAME_TYPE_SID_OR_SID_HISTORY_NAME" A SID string, as defined in the Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL), for either the SID of the current object or one from the object SID history. For example, "O:AOG:DAD:(A;;RPWPCCDCLCSWRCWDWOGA;;;S-1-0-0)" CONSTRUCTOR "new" Creates a new Win32::NameTranslate object, initialising a "NameTranslate" object internally. Without any arguments it binds to "ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC". Can take five arguments. The first argument is the type of initialisation to be performed, "ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_ENUM". The second argument is the name of the server or domain, depending on the type of initialisation. When "ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_SERVER" is used, specify the machine name of a directory server. When "ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_DOMAIN" is used, specify the domain name. This value is ignored when "ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC" is issued. Optionally, you may provide a further three arguments to specify user credential than the current user, if these are provided, then all must be provided. The arguments are: username, user domain name and user password, respectively. Examples: # Just use default, which is ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC my $trans = Win32::NameTranslate->new(); # Bind to a specific domain my $trans = Win32::NameTranslate->new( ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_DOMAIN, 'localdomain.local' ); # Bind to a specific domain providing credentials my $trans = Win32::NameTranslate->new( ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_DOMAIN, 'localdomain.local', 'johnny', 'LOCAL', 'sekret' ); METHODS The "set" method must be called before the "get" method. "set" Directs the directory service to set up a specified object for name translation. This is a single wrapper around the underlying "IADsNameTranslate::Set" and "IADsNameTranslate::SetEx" methods. The first argument required is a format type, "ADS_NAME_TYPE_ENUM". The second argument required is either a scalar of the name to translate or an arrayref of a number of names to translate. Examples: # translate a single name from Canonical name format $trans->set( ADS_NAME_TYPE_CANONICAL, "Fabrikam.com/Users/Jeff Smith" ); # translate a number of names from Canonical name format $trans->set( ADS_NAME_TYPE_CANONICAL, [ "Fabrikam.com/Users/Jeff Smith", "Fabrikam.com/Users/Johnny Rotten", "Fabrikam.com/Users/Billy Bookcase" ] ); The method will return a "true" value on success or "false" on failure. You may check "Win32::OLE->LastError" to see what the error was. "get" Retrieves the name of a directory object in the specified format. "set" must be called before using this method. This is a single wrapper around the underlying "IADsNameTranslate::Get" and "IADsNameTranslate::GetEx" methods. What is returned is determined on whether "set" was called with a "scalar" or "arrayref". The first argument required is the format type, "ADS_NAME_TYPE_ENUM", of the output name. If "set" was called with a single name to translate the result is a single output name. If "set" was called with an "arrayref" the result is a list of output names. Examples: # translate to RFC 1779 my $result = $trans->get( ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 ); # we passed an arrayref, so get a list back my @results = $trans->get( ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 ); "multiple" Returns "true" or "false" (respectively) depending on whether "set" was called with an "arrayref" or not. SEE ALSO AUTHOR Chris Williams COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Chris Williams. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.