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Here is the bases of a script to delete an attribute on a user.

I come across issues where an attribute was populated on several users that shouldn’t be there or you want to create new objectsids or just remove the existing objectsids and replace them with a back up.

Most DSfW installs are a name mapped install meaning the install is mapped to an existing container in the tree.  If this is the case the domain name most likely will not patch to context in the tree and most likely the objectclass wit not be domain.  An example of a domain with the name of  novell.com mapped to a container with an objectclass of Organization (o=novell) and not domain (dc=novell).  Even it if is a dc most likely the fdn does not match the domain name.  Continuing with our example of novell.com that would… Continue reading →