Question : Active Directory VBScript not returning role correctly

In our test lab AD, we have three computers, two of them show "Machine Role" in the AD Find box as "Workstation or Server" and the other has role "Domain Controller". I wanted to extract this information into VB, but when I query machineRole it returns nothing in that field.

Heres the script

     SET con = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
     With con
          .Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
          .Properties("User ID") = "RESTRICTED\Administrator"
          .Properties("Password") = inputbox("enter admin pwd")
          .Properties("Encrypt Password") = True
          .Open "ADs Provider"
     End With
     Set adoRecordset = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
     SQLText = " select  Name, canonicalName, distinguishedName, operatingSystem, operatingSystemVersion, OperatingSystemServicePack,  OperatingSystemHotfix, dnsHostName, Location, Description, UserAccountControl, whenCreated, whenChanged, machineRole, userAccountControl"

     SQLText = SQLText & " FROM 'LDAP://SERVERNAME/DC=RESTRICTED,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=NET' "
     SQLText = SQLText & " WHERE objectClass='Computer' "
     adoRecordset.Open SQLText, con


Now adoRecordset.Fields("machineRole").value returns null. I wondered if it was an array so I ran it with cscript using .net 2005 debugger and although it may be an array it has no elements. I have checked this on every record.

Is there a different way of retrieving machineRole - or is it another field ?

thanks

Answer : Active Directory VBScript not returning role correctly

I think it is the attribute and not the provider
I tried using the adsi .get method and it failed as well

The only uncommon characteristic about it is the syntax is 'enumerate', I would have thought it to be a string

The only tool I use to inspect all AD attributes is the schema snap-in