Connect-LDAP Cmdlet
Parameters Output Objects Configuration Settings
The Connect-LDAP cmdlet is used to create a persistent connection object.
Syntax
$cnn = Connect-LDAP [parameters]
Remarks
This cmdlet allows you to create a persistent connection object to be used with related cmdlets.When executing the cmdlet a connection object is returned. Pass this object to the Connection parameter of related cmdlets to use the newly created connection object.
To disconnect call Disconnect-LDAP.
Parameter List
The following is the full list of the parameters of the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| LogFile | The location of a file to which debug information is written. |
| BindDN | The Distinguished Name used as the base for the LDAP bind. |
| CertPassword | The password to the certificate store. |
| CertStore | The name of the certificate store for the client certificate. |
| CertStoreType | The type of certificate store for the client certificate. |
| CertSubject | The subject of the certificate used for client authentication. |
| Config | Specifies one or more configuration settings. |
| Credential | The PSCredential object to use for user/password authentication. |
| FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall. |
| FirewallPassword | A password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The port of the firewall to which to connect. |
| FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| Force | Forces the component to accept the default behavior instead of querying the user. |
| LocalIP | The IP address of the local interface to use. |
| LogFile | The location of a file to which debug information is written. |
| Password | The password to use for authentication. |
| Port | The TCP port in the remote host to which to connect. |
| Server | The address of the Server. |
| SSL | Determines how the component starts SSL negotiation. |
| SSLAccept | The encoded public key of the certificate which is to be trusted explicitly. |
| Timeout | The maximum time allowed for the operation. |
| Version | The version of LDAP used. |
Output Objects
The following is the full list of the output objects returned by the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| LDAPConnection | The connection object. |
Configuration Settings
The following is a list of configuration settings for the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| DomainController | Returns the name of the domain controller. |
| FriendlyGUID | Whether to return GUID attribute values in a human readable format. |
| FriendlySID | Whether to return SID attribute values in a human readable format. |
| RequestControls | Controls to include in the request. |
| ResponseControls | Controls present in the response. |
| SingleResultMode | Determines how ResultDN behaves. |
| UseDefaultDC | Whether to connect to the default Domain Controller when calling Bind. |
| ConnectionTimeout | Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection. |
| FirewallAutoDetect | Tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
| FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
| FirewallPassword | Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The TCP port for the FirewallHost;. |
| FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
| FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
| KeepAliveInterval | The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received. |
| KeepAliveTime | The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. |
| Linger | When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully. |
| LingerTime | Time in seconds to have the connection linger. |
| LocalHost | The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
| LocalPort | The port in the local host where the component binds. |
| MaxLineLength | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found. |
| MaxTransferRate | The transfer rate limit in bytes per second. |
| ProxyExceptionsList | A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy. |
| TCPKeepAlive | Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled. |
| TcpNoDelay | Whether or not to delay when sending packets. |
| UseIPv6 | Whether to use IPv6. |
| AbsoluteTimeout | Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts. |
| FirewallData | Used to send extra data to the firewall. |
| InBufferSize | The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket. |
| OutBufferSize | The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket. |
| BuildInfo | Information about the product's build. |
| CodePage | The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations. |
| LicenseInfo | Information about the current license. |
| UseInternalSecurityAPI | Tells the component whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation. |