Re: Translating group policy GUID til DN

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From: pdk (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 09:08:00 -0700

Perfect !!

I will try this out and let you know the result.

BTW are there other arewas where this solutions is
represented.
Futhermore any whitepapers on this that I have missed ??

>-----Original Message-----
>Are you looking to do this programmatically? The DN of a
GPO is simply the
>GUID appended to the CN=policies,CN=system container
within your domain. So,
>for example if the GUID of a GPO is {0AE0B115-0581-4013-
92D2-4DA33B273E3B},
>then its DN is
>
>CN={0AE0B115-0581-4013-92D2-
4DA33B273E3B},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=mydomain,
>DC=com
>
>where mydomain.com is the name of your domain.
>
>
>--
>Darren Mar-Elia
>MS-MVP-Windows Management
>http://www.gpoguy.com
>
>
>
>"pdk" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:5b8e01c474a8$161e9fd0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> Can someone give a hint on the possibility to translate
a
>> GPO GUID to DN.
>> I had hoped that guid2obj.exe could do it but no luck
>>
>> My goal is to translate the GUID of a policy in %
>> systempath%\sysvol\domain\policies\GUID
>>
>> Can somebody shed som elight on this one
>>
>>
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