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Check whether email and username are unique

November 15, 2024 Views: 4445

The script checks whether the email address and username specified for a new user are unique. If either the username or the email address are not unique, new user creation will be cancelled. To use the script with Adaxes, create a business rule triggered before creating a user. For details, see Validate/Modify User Input Using a Script.

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# Build criteria
if (-not([System.String]::IsNullOrEmpty("%mail%")))
{
    $expression = {sAMAccountName -eq "%username%" -or mail -eq "%mail%"}
}
else
{
    $expression = {sAMAccountName -eq "%username%"}
}
$criteria = New-AdmCriteria -Type "user" -Expression $expression

# Search for users with the username or email address specified
$searcher = $Context.TargetObject
$searcher.Criteria = $criteria
$searcher.SearchScope = "ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE"
$searcher.PageSize = 500
$searcher.ReferralChasing = "ADS_CHASE_REFERRALS_NEVER"
$searcher.VirtualRoot = $True
$searcher.SizeLimit = 1

try
{
    $searchResultIterator = $searcher.ExecuteSearch()
    $searchResults = $searchResultIterator.FetchAll()
    
    if ($searchResults.Length -ne 0)
    {
        $Context.Cancel("A user with the same username or email address already exists")
        return
    }
}
finally
{
    # Release resources
    $searchResultIterator.Dispose()
}
Comments 4
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Ray Bilyk Apr 02, 2021
Is there a way to get an email if the new user creation is cancelled due to lack of uniqueness?
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Support Apr 02, 2021
Hello Ray,

Yes, it is possible. You can use the $Context.SendMail method right after the following line in the script:

$Context.Cancel("A user with the same username or email address already exists")

Should you have any issues updating the script to meet your needs, please, describe the desired behavior in all the possible details with live examples.
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Baul May 02, 2024
Hello

Is there a way to modify the username from the already existing one to another username for the new user?

Like this: Already existing username ("pak") > new user ("pki")
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Support May 02, 2024
Hello,

Yes, it is possible. For details and examples, have a look at the following tutorial: https://www.adaxes.com/help/ValidateModifyUserInputWithScript.
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Baul May 02, 2024
Thank you, i will try if it works.
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