for you to be able to include the searchbase in the query, you could change the script to read the searchbase form the notes field as well.

The notes field could look like:
Filter:(&(ObjectClass=Person)(Department=Management))
SearchBase:OU=Mgmt,OU=CorpUsers,DC=contoso,DC=com

Then you need to change the script as follows:

Replace:
$filter = $group.info
Replace By
$filter = ""
$searchbase = ""
$notesField = $group.info
$strArray = $notesField.Split("`r`n")
foreach($strField in $strArray)
{
if ($strField.ToLower().StartsWith('filter:') -eq $true)
{
$filter = $strField.ToLower().TrimStart('filter:')
}
if ($strField.ToLower().StartsWith('searchbase:') -eq $true)
{
$searchbase = $strField.ToLower().TrimStart('searchbase:')
}
}

Replace:
$NewGroupMembers = Get-ADObject -LDAPfilter $filter | Sort-Object distinguishedName

Replace By:
if ($searchbase -eq "")
{
$NewGroupMembers = Get-ADObject -LDAPfilter $filter | Sort-Object distinguishedName
}
else
{
$NewGroupMembers = Get-ADObject -LDAPfilter $filter -SearchBase $searchbase| Sort-Object distinguishedName
}

Great script. I have been trying to tweak it a little so I can set the -SearchBase and limit which OU’s are searched in AD with little success. Is this something you could help out with?

I have tried to add it to the notes field in AD which would give super granularity and control. I think the ” or ‘ are being added which is causing the script to fail.

Thanks kindly

David

AFAIK site locks only apply to entire site collections ans cannot be applied to subsites.

best regards,

Dirk

I used and tested the tool for locking and unlocking SharePoint 2003 sites. It is a great tool and served my purpose. Now I am stuck in one place. I have following type of site hierarchy
/Topsite/subsiste1/subsite11/subsite111/subsite1111

Is ther any way that I can only lock subsite111 only. I run the spsitemanager command but it is locking site from topsite to low level site. Please let me know how can I do this, is it possible?

I also noticed that in SP2003 Central Admin, you can only lock top level site not any subsite.

Thanks
Avian

as I am not a developer I cannot give you any guidance as to how to package these modifications into a SharePoint solution. I am pretty sure it can be done as these modifications include settings in the web.config file and the IIS folder file.

best regards,
Dirk

thanks in advance .

http://corypeters.net/2012/10/sharepoint-2013-sign-in-as-another-user/

need to be put into the powershell cmd line on the application/wfe server