activedirectorytoolsforpython

This library and set of tools was designed for accessing active directory in an intuitive way compared to Microsoft Active Directory on Powershell. It is intended for Linux Operating systems and will be complimented by powershell modules for Linux to mimic the functionality of Active Directory tools for powershell that is only available on Windows.

Installing

This module requires ldap3, gssapi, and cryptography. Building the modules may require the installation of various tools and libraries on the Linux OS. Having Kerberos installed and configyred on your system is highly recommended and may be essential. Although kerberos is not needed to make the connection, it is highly advisable and easier to utilize these tools and libraries with Kerberos installed and configured.

To Build the ldap3 and gssapi python modules

Build Essentials, Development Tools, or Equivalent Must install krb5-config development libraries May require more libraries on the respective systems.

Setting up and activating the Python Virtual Environment

It is recommended to install within a Python Virtual Environment, please review your specific OS instructions to install VirtualEnv on your system.

From the directory of the repository:

python3 -m venv venv

Activating the Virtual Environment:

. venv/bin/activate

To exit the Virtual Environment:

deactivate

Installing using the setup.py

All commands should be run from the root directory of the repository.

pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 setup.py install

Installing from PyPi

pip install activedirectorytoolsforpython

Usage

This module is designed to be used from the command line to display or pipe output to other commands. It can also be used as a library to create other scripts upon in pure python. The intentions of this library was to create Powershell modules to mimic Active Directory Tools.

The examples below assume you have initialized your Kerberos tokens with kinit.

kinit bob123

If you choose you can use SIMPLE authentication with a username and password. If the username is added, Kerberso will not be used, if the password is ommitted, the user will be prompted for the password using getpass.

Python Examples

All Functions available have help, here are few examples of how to use the primary functions:

Get All ADUser Objects in your Default Domain using ldaps with Certificate with mail and sAMAccountName properties

from activedirectorytoolsforpython import *
aduser_objects = get_aduser(identity="*",cacert="./root_domain_ca.pem",properties=["mail","sAMAccountName"])
for aduser in aduser_objects:
    print(aduser)

Get a Specific User from a specific Searchbase using ldaps No Verify Certificate with all properties

from activedirectorytoolsforpython import *
aduser_objects = get_aduser(identity="bob123",verify=False,properties='*')[0]
print(aduser)

Get all users with the last name of Smith using ldaps No Verify Certificate with all properties

from activedirectorytoolsforpython import *
aduser_objects = get_aduser(filter="sn=Smith",verify=False,properties='ALL')
for aduser in aduser_objects:
    print(aduser)

Get all users with the last name of Smith using ldaps No Verify Certificate with all properties using ADObject

from activedirectorytoolsforpython import *
aduser_objects = get_adobject(filter="(&(objectClass=user)(sn=Smith))",verify=False,properties='ALL')
for aduser in aduser_objects:
    print(aduser)

Shell Examples

Example for Getting a Group in Bash

GetADGroup -identity DnsAdmins -noverify -properties sAMAccountName,whenCreated,cn

Example for piping results into another command using the json flag

$psObj = Invoke-Expression -Command "GetADGroup -identity DnsAdmins -noverify -properties sAMAccountName,whenCreated,cn -json" | ConvertFrom-Json