Searching for an Active Directory user using the Orchestrator plugin returns an unexpected user - Aria Orchestrator

Products

• VCF Automation

Issue/Introduction

• When using the active directory plugin to look for a user object using the searchExactMatch method an unexpected user is returned
• The returned user name is very similar to the expected user e.g. searching for user object "exampleuser" returns the ad object for "exampleusers"

 

Environment

VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.18.1.

Cause

This is expected behavior based on the logic of the searchExactMatch method when it is configured to return only a single result. The first result is returned. 

Resolution

It is recommended to use the ldap client for these kind of searches.