User only visible with view Advanced features enabled

Hello,

I'm scratching my head with this one. We have a new user account in Active
Directory. This user is only visible in the Active Directory users and
computers applet if I go to View and select "Advanced Features". Otherwise
he does not show at all. I can perform a find for the user and that returns
successfully regardless whether I have the Advanced Features view turned on
or not. This appears to be the only account affected in this way.

I looked through the security settings and everything appears as it should.
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris

"Chris Ramsay" <ChrisRamsay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B71369B7-B15F-42E8-B501-707158762DFB@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I'm scratching my head with this one. We have a new user account in
> Active
> Directory. This user is only visible in the Active Directory users and
> computers applet if I go to View and select "Advanced Features".
> Otherwise
> he does not show at all. I can perform a find for the user and that
> returns
> successfully regardless whether I have the Advanced Features view turned
> on
> or not. This appears to be the only account affected in this way.
>
> I looked through the security settings and everything appears as it
> should.
> Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris


Interesting issue. I've never seen this problem. I assume DNS settings are
correct on the DC (not using your ISP DNS).

I am assuming you created the account on the DC that you have the ADUC
opened, or was it created on another one?
I also assumed you closed the ADUC and re-opened it?

Maybe elaborating on how many DCs, how many domains, are any of the DCs
multihomed, Event Log EventID errors, etc, and an ipconfig /all of this DC
and another sample DC may be helpful to further specifically diagnose this
for you.

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Chris,

Chris Ramsay schrieb:
> I'm scratching my head with this one. We have a new user account in Active
> Directory. This user is only visible in the Active Directory users and
> computers applet if I go to View and select "Advanced Features". Otherwise
> he does not show at all. I can perform a find for the user and that returns
> successfully regardless whether I have the Advanced Features view turned on
> or not. This appears to be the only account affected in this way.

Please check with ADSIEdit (or LDAP) whether the user's
"showInAdvancedViewOnly" attribute is set to "TRUE". If so, change that
back to "FALSE".

Is Cisco's "Unity" involved here?

Cheers,
Florian
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Hello Florian Frommherz [MVP],

You can also use the "Attribute Editor" on the user account properties to
check the "showInAdvancedViewOnly" instead of ADSIedit or LDP.

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> Chris,
>
> Chris Ramsay schrieb:
>
>> I'm scratching my head with this one. We have a new user account in
>> Active Directory. This user is only visible in the Active Directory
>> users and computers applet if I go to View and select "Advanced
>> Features". Otherwise he does not show at all. I can perform a find
>> for the user and that returns successfully regardless whether I have
>> the Advanced Features view turned on or not. This appears to be the
>> only account affected in this way.
>>
> Please check with ADSIEdit (or LDAP) whether the user's
> "showInAdvancedViewOnly" attribute is set to "TRUE". If so, change
> that back to "FALSE".
>
> Is Cisco's "Unity" involved here?
>
> Cheers,
> Florian

Hello,

Actually yes as it turns out Unity was setting the "showinAdvancedViewOnly"
field when we unchecked the "Show subsricber in email server address book
field". Turns out it not only hides the user from the GAL but also sets this
attribute. I'll be taking this up with Cisco for a possible fix.

Thanks for everyone's help,
Chris



"Florian Frommherz [MVP]" wrote:

> Chris,
>
> Chris Ramsay schrieb:
> > I'm scratching my head with this one. We have a new user account in Active
> > Directory. This user is only visible in the Active Directory users and
> > computers applet if I go to View and select "Advanced Features". Otherwise
> > he does not show at all. I can perform a find for the user and that returns
> > successfully regardless whether I have the Advanced Features view turned on
> > or not. This appears to be the only account affected in this way.
>
> Please check with ADSIEdit (or LDAP) whether the user's
> "showInAdvancedViewOnly" attribute is set to "TRUE". If so, change that
> back to "FALSE".
>
> Is Cisco's "Unity" involved here?
>
> Cheers,
> Florian
> --
> Microsoft MVP - Group Policy
> eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net.
> blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog.
> Maillist (german): http://frickelsoft.net/cms/index.php?page=mailingliste
>

Chris,

Chris Ramsay schrieb:
> Actually yes as it turns out Unity was setting the "showinAdvancedViewOnly"
> field when we unchecked the "Show subsricber in email server address book
> field". Turns out it not only hides the user from the GAL but also sets this
> attribute. I'll be taking this up with Cisco for a possible fix.

Thanks for posting the feedback. Could you drop us a message here if you
get any news/answers from Cisco on the issue?

Thanks,
Florian
--
Microsoft MVP - Group Policy
eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net.
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