Forgot to mention a thing:
I've tried to get some info from AD with PHP and I can, is there a way to get something without installing the whole php-cli and libs ?

Thanks
Ben

Forgot to mention a thing:
I've tried to get some info from AD with PHP and I can, is there a way to get something without installing the whole php-cli and libs ?

Thanks
Ben

found a link explaining capabilities of ldap-search package and various utilities but i think it's too limited, in my case I need to retrieve email address as well as other information from AD Tree, just solved using PHP. Of course Python and other folks can do the same as well

Using the ldapsearch tool is a quick and easy way to pull information from AD.

the following command (substitute your directory info) can easily pull an email address from AD

ldapsearch -x -h -s sub -b dc=,dc=COM -D "CN=your id,DC=,DC=COM" -W '(&(objectclass=User)(givenName=firstname)(sn=lastname))' mail

wrapping the above in a shell script is trivial. use the command above and leave off 'mail' at the end. it should bring up all attributes that you can see.

Using the ldapsearch tool is a quick and easy way to pull information from AD.

the following command (substitute your directory info) can easily pull an email address from AD

ldapsearch -x -h -s sub -b dc=,dc=COM -D "CN=your id,DC=,DC=COM" -W '(&(objectclass=User)(givenName=firstname)(sn=lastname))' mail

wrapping the above in a shell script is trivial. use the command above and leave off 'mail' at the end. it should bring up all attributes that you can see.

I've now solved with PHP but Jesse solution is what I was looking for, nice trick :-)