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# ldapsearch

<pre data-overflow="wrap"><code><strong># This will return the password policy / password length
</strong>ldapsearch -h 172.16.5.5 -x -b "DC=INLANEFREIGHT,DC=LOCAL" -s sub "*" | grep -m 1 -B 10 pwdHistoryLength
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<pre><code><strong># This will return usernames
</strong>ldapsearch -h 172.16.5.5 -x -b "DC=INLANEFREIGHT,DC=LOCAL" -s sub "(&#x26;(objectclass=user))"  | grep sAMAccountName: | cut -f2 -d" "
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