Tool for performing actions on an active directory domain
adcli info domain.example.com adcli join domain.example.com adcli create-user [--domain=domain.example.com] user adcli delete-user [--domain=domain.example.com] user adcli create-group [--domain=domain.example.com] user adcli delete-group [--domain=domain.example.com] user adcli add-member [--domain=domain.example.com] group user... adcli remove-member [--domain=domain.example.com] group user... adcli preset-computer [--domain=domain.example.com] computer... adcli reset-computer [--domain=domain.example.com] computer adcli delete-computer [--domain=domain.example.com] computer
adcli is a command line tool that can perform actions in an Active Directory domain. Among other things it can be used to join a computer to a domain.
See the various sub commands below. The following global options can be used:
-D, --domain=domain
The domain to connect to. If a domain is not specified then the domain part of the local computer's host name is used.
-R, --domain-realm=REALM
Kerberos realm for the domain. If not specified then the upper cased domain name is used.
-S, --domain-controller=server
Connect to a specific domain controller. If not specified then an appropriate domain controller is automatically discovered.
-C, --login-ccache=/path/to/file
Use the specified kerberos credential cache to authenticate with the domain.
-U, --login-user=User
Use the specified user account to authenticate with the domain. If not specified then the name 'Administrator' will be used.
--no-password
Don't show prompts for or read a password from input.
-W, --prompt-password
Prompt for a password if necessary. This is the default.
--stdin-password
Read a password from stdin input instead of prompting for a password.
-v, --verbose
Run in verbose mode with debug output.
adcli info displays discovered information about an Active Directory domain or an Active Directory domain controller.
$ adcli info domain.example.com ...
$ adcli info --domain-controller=dc.domain.example.com ...
adcli info will output as much information as it can about the domain. The information is designed to be both machine and human readable. The command will exit with a non-zero exit code if the domain does note exist or cannot be reached.
To show domain info for a specific domain controller use the --domain-controller option to specify which domain controller to query.
Use the --verbose option to show details of how the domain is discovered and queried. Many of the global options, in particular authentication options, are not usable with the adcli info command.
adcli join creates a computer account in the domain for the local machine, and sets up a keytab for the machine. It does not configure an authentication service (such as sssd).
$ adcli join domain.example.com Password for Administrator:
In addition to the global options, you can specify the following options to control how this operation is done.
-N, --computer-name=computer
The short non-dotted name of the computer account that will be created in the domain. If not specified then the first portion of the --host-fqdn is used.
-O, --domain-ou=OU=xxx
The full distinguished name of the OU in which to create the computer account. If not specified then the computer account will be created in a default location.
-H, --host-fqdn=host
Override the local machine's fully qualified domain name. If not specified the local machine's hostname will be retrieved via gethostname().
-K, --host-keytab=/path/to/keytab
Specify the path to the host keytab where host credentials will be written after a successful join operation. If not specified the default location will be used, usually /etc/krb5.keytab.
--login-type={computer|user}
Specify the type of authentication that will be performed before creating the machine account in the domain. If set to 'computer' then the computer must already have a preset account in the domain. If not specified and none of the other --login-xxx arguments have been specified, then will try both 'computer' and 'user' authentication.
--os-name=name
Set the operating system name on the computer account. The default depends on where adcli was built, but is usually something like 'linux-gnu'.
--os-service-pack=pack
Set the operating system service pack on the computer account. Not set by default.
--os-version=version
Set the operating system version on the computer account. Not set by default.
--service-name=service
Additional service name for a kerberos principal to be created on the computer account. This option may be specified multiple times.
--user-principal=host/name@REALM
Set the userPrincipalName field of the computer account to this kerberos principal. If you omit the value for this option, then a principal will be set in the form of host/host.example.com@REALM
--one-time-password
Specify a one time password for a preset computer account. This is equivalent to using --login-type=computer and providing a password as input.
--show-details
After a successful join print out information about join operation. This is output in a format that should be both human and machine readable.
--show-password
After a successful join print out the computer machine account password. This is output in a format that should be both human and machine readable.
adcli create-user creates a new user account in the domain.
$ adcli create-user Fry --domain=domain.example.com \ --display-name="Philip J. Fry" [email protected]
In addition to the global options, you can specify the following options to control how the user is created.
--display-name="Name"
Set the displayName attribute of the new created user account.
-O, --domain-ou=OU=xxx
The full distinguished name of the OU in which to create the user account. If not specified then the computer account will be created in a default location.
--mail=[email protected]
Set the mail attribute of the new created user account. This attribute may be specified multiple times.
--unix-home=/home/user
Set the unixHomeDirectory attribute of the new created user account, which should be an absolute path to the user's home directory.
--unix-gid=111
Set the gidNumber attribute of the new created user account, which should be the user's numeric primary group id.
--unix-shell=/bin/shell
Set the pos attribute of the new created user account, which should be the user's numeric primary user id.
--unix-uid=111
Set the loginShell attribute of the new created user account, which should be a path to a valid shell.
adcli delete-user deletes a user account from the domain.
$ adcli delete-user Fry --domain=domain.example.com
The various global options can be used.
adcli create-group creates a new group in the domain.
$ adcli create-group Pilots --domain=domain.example.com \ --description="Group for all pilots"
In addition to the global options, you can specify the following options to control how the group is created.
--description="text"
Set the description attribute of the new created group.
-O, --domain-ou=OU=xxx
The full distinguished name of the OU in which to create the group. If not specified then the computer account will be created in a default location.
adcli delete-group deletes a group from the domain.
$ adcli delete-group Pilots --domain=domain.example.com
The various global options can be used.
adcli add-member adds one or more users to a group in the domain. The group is specified first, and then the various users to be added.
$ adcli add-member --domain=domain.example.com Pilots Leela Scruffy
The various global options can be used.
adcli remove-member removes a user from a group in the domain. The group is specified first, and then the various users to be removed.
$ adcli remove-member --domain=domain.example.com Pilots Scruffy
The various global options can be used.
adcli preset-computer pre-creates one or more computer accounts in the domain for machines to later use when joining the domain. By doing this machines can join using a one time password or automatically without a password.
$ adcli preset-computer --domain=domain.example.com \ host1.example.com host2 Password for Administrator:
If the computer names specified contain dots, then they are treated as fully qualified host names, otherwise they are treated as short computer names. The computer accounts must not already exist.
In addition to the global options, you can specify the following options to control how this operation is done.
-O, --domain-ou=OU=xxx
The full distinguished name of the OU in which to create the computer accounts. If not specified then the computer account will be created in a default location.
--one-time-password
Specify a one time password to use when presetting the computer accounts. If not specified then a default password will be used, which allows for later automatic joins.
--os-name=name
Set the operating system name on the computer account. The default depends on where adcli was built, but is usually something like 'linux-gnu'.
--os-service-pack=pack
Set the operating system service pack on the computer account. Not set by default.
--os-version=version
Set the operating system version on the computer account. Not set by default.
--service-name=service
Additional service name for a kerberos principal to be created on the computer account. This option may be specified multiple times.
--user-principal
Set the userPrincipalName field of the computer account to this kerberos principal in the form of host/host.example.com@REALM
adcli reset-computer resets a computer account in the domain. If a the appropriate machien is currently joined to the domain, then it's membership will be broken. The account must already exist.
$ adcli reset-computer --domain=domain.example.com host2
If the computer names specified contain dots, then they are treated as fully qualified host names, otherwise they are treated as short computer names.
In addition to the global options, you can specify the following options to control how this operation is done.
--login-type={computer|user}
Specify the type of authentication that will be performed before creating the machine account in the domain. If set to 'computer' then the computer must already have a preset account in the domain. If not specified and none of the other --login-xxx arguments have been specified, then will try both 'computer' and 'user' authentication.
adcli delete-computer deletes a computer account in the domain. The account must already exist.
$ adcli delete-computer --domain=domain.example.com host2 Password for Administrator:
If the computer name contains a dot, then it is treated as fully qualified host name, otherwise it is treated as short computer name.
If no computer name is specified, then the host name of the computer adcli is running on is used, as returned by gethostname().
The various global options can be used.
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