# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: Get-User
# description: This function is an attempt to duplicate the Quest Get-QADUser cmdlet without using any third party snap-ins. If you want to run it against a Global Catalog you simply need to replace LDAP: with GC: and you will want to comment out the lines that pull the password last set and last logon timestamp unless you happen to be replicating those to your GC.
# version: 0.1
# type: function
# author: Jonathan Walz
# license: CC0
# function: Get-User
# x-poshcode-id: 3035
# x-derived-from-id: 3039
# x-archived: 2016-03-27T04:12:35
# x-published: 2012-11-02T06:52:00
#
#
function Get-User($user)
{
# this function should be passed the CN of the user to be returned
$dom = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()
$root = [ADSI] "LDAP://$($dom.Name)"
$searcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher $root
$searcher.filter = "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(cn=$user))"
$user = $searcher.FindOne()
[System.Collections.Arraylist]$names = $user.Properties.PropertyNames
[System.Collections.Arraylist]$props = $user.Properties.Values
$userobj = New-Object System.Object
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $names.Count)
{
$userobj | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -Name $($names[$i]) -Value $($props[$i])
$i++
}
$userobj.pwdlastset = [System.DateTime]::FromFileTime($userobj.pwdlastset)
$userobj.lastlogontimestamp = [System.DateTime]::FromFileTime($userobj.lastlogontimestamp)
return $userobj
}