AD Troubleshooting: Update Exchange Attributes in AD using LDP without Exchange installed
Error message
The Attribute of type DN-binary, can't be edited by ADSI Edit or the ADUC, One would get the following error.
“There is no editor registered to handle this attribute type.”
Steps
We need to use LDP.EXE (On a Domain Controller or RSAT tools should be installed on the Machine)
- Connect to your domain controller.
- Bind the connection.
- If you don’t see your Domain, Go to View and Select Tree and the Distinguished Name of your Domain.
- Navigate to the object you wish to modify, Right-click on it, select Modify.
- Update the Actions that you need to execute on the object.
- Add the Attribute Field with the attribute Name.
- Values Field with the DN (distinguishedName) of the object that you are trying to add.
- Click on Enter, you would see the action to be performed under “Entry List”.
- Finally, execute by clicking the Run button.
To verify it, you can switch to ADUC or ADSIE and verify that the attribute contains the distinguished name of the object you wanted to add for that particular attribute.
See also
For details about which attribute needs to be updated, refer to the following link.