Re: How does ADUC know which is the Object Class?

"ssg31415926" <newsjunkmail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> In Active Directory Users and Computers, I open Properties on, say, a
> user.  On the 'Object' tab, under Object class it shows User.  But
> objectClass is a multi-valued attribute.  How does ADUC know which one
> to pick?  I want to replicate this in my own code.

The most specific class in the objectClass attribute is used. Unlike other

multi-valued attributes, the order of the values matters. The last entry
is 
the most specific. The "Top" class is the least specific and is first.
This 
link may help:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc223167.aspx

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Richard Mueller
MVP Directory Services
Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
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