---
title: "activedirectory show"
slug: "activedirectory-show"
updated: 2026-10-27T17:24:49Z
published: 2026-10-27T17:24:49Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/activedirectory-show"
---

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# activedirectory show

This command displays details of a specific Active Directory configuration.

## Usage

```plaintext
activedirectory show --id ID
            [--attribute-mapping]
            [--advanced-settings]
```

## Required Parameters

| `--id ID` | Specifies which Active Directory configuration to show. |
| --- | --- |

## Options

| `--attribute-mapping` | Shows the mapping of attributes used by the Active Directory provider to those of the default RFC2307BIS attribute set that is used for LDAP queries. |
| --- | --- |
| `--advanced-settings` | Shows advanced settings configured for the Active Directory provider. |

## Example

```plaintext
vcli: admin> activedirectory show --id 2

            +---------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
            | ID | 2 |
            | Domain Name | dom.pvt |
            | Machine Account Name | vast1 |
            | Organizational Unit | |
            | State | JOINED |
            | Smb-allowed | True |
            | Ldap-state | None |
            | Urls                                              | ['ldap://ld.dom.pvt']                                                                                      |
            | Port | 389 |
            | Method | simple |
            | Searchbase | |
            | Group-searchbase | |
            | Use-tls | False |
            | Use-ldaps | False |
            | Ntlm-enabled | True |
            | Scheduled Machine Account password change enabled | False |
            | Machine Account password change frequency | 0d |
            | Machine Account password update time | 00:00:00 |
            | Last Machine Account password renewal status | {'is_during_change': False, 'last_change_attempt': None, 'last_successful_change': None, 'message': '', |
            | | 'next_scheduled_change': None} |
            +---------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

            vcli: admin> activedirectory show --id 2 --attribute-mappings
            +--------------------------------+----------------+
            | PosixAccount | user |
            | Posix-attributes-source | JOINED_DOMAIN |
            | PosixGroup | group |
            | POSIX Primary Provider | False |
            | uid | sAMAccountName |
            | memberUid | member |
            | Uid-member-value-property-name | uid |
            | uidNumber | uidNumber |
            | Mail-property-name | mail |
            | Match-user | sAMAccountName |
            | gidNumber | gidNumber |
            | Group-login-name | sAMAccountName |
            | User-login-name | sAMAccountName |
            | Username-property-name | name |
            | Domains-with-posix-attributes | [] |
            +--------------------------------+----------------+

            vcli: admin> activedirectory show --id 2 --advanced-settings
            +-----------------------------------------+-----------------------+
            | Bind-DN | VastENG\admin |
            | Query-groups-mode | COMPATIBLE |
            | TLS-certificate | |
            | Use-auto-discovery | False |
            | Is-vms-auth-provider | False |
            | Read-Only-Value | ro |
            | Read-Write-Value | rw |
            | Resolve-Hostnames | False |
            | Enable trusted domains on other forests | False |
            +-----------------------------------------+-----------------------+        
```