[python-ldap] AD objectGUID conversion to string

[Michael Ströder]

Rob McBroom wrote:
> On 19 Sep 2014, at 10:44, Kernel Panic wrote:
> 
>> Hello everyone, when I extract the objectGUID value from an AD account I
>> believe it is extracted in binary format, can anyone show me a way to
>> convert that to a string similar to what you would get from Microsoft's
>> csvde.exe tool?
> 
> No access to an AD server any more, but is it possible that the value is
> base64 encoded?

It is - in LDIF representation. But that's another thing and not relevant when
retrieving the value directly via LDAP.

Ciao, Michael.

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