how to find the domain

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Try:

                echo %USERDOMAIN%

                echo %USERDNSDOMAIN%

If that still doesn't work, you can try using systeminfo:

                systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"Domain"

answered Aug 29 '12 at 8:49

Jon LinJon Lin

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the smart quotes in "Domain" will make it fail to grep the string

Feb 11 '19 at 9:29

You can run below command on command prompt:

              set user

It gives you a lot more information related to domain in addition to the name of domain as shown in below snapshot:

User DNS Domain
User Domain
User Domain Roaming Profile
User Name
User Profile

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Important Note: Domain on which your computer is registered might not be same as the domain on which the logged-in user is registered. Please read about transitivity and direction in domain trust to know how a user registered in one domain can login to a computer on another domain.

answered Feb 11 '19 at 7:06

RBTRBT

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The %USERDOMAIN% and the network computer domain can be different. The systeminfo command will get the right answer but it is SLOW! Here is a solution I've used:

              @REM + find the computer domain name  FOR /F "usebackq tokens=*" %%a IN (`ipconfig /all`) DO (      @((ECHO %%a | findstr /i /c:"Primary Dns Suffix") && SET _str=%%a) > NUL 2>&1  )  FOR /F "tokens=2 delims=:" %%a IN ("%_str%") do SET _computerDomain=%%a  SET _computerDomain=%_computerDomain: =%   SET _fqdn=%COMPUTERNAME%.%_computerDomain%

answered Sep 6 '13 at 17:43

@Mike: fine solution - but I had some problems with it in a multi-language enviroment. I have German and English servers.

I changed your script to use wmic.exe :

              @REM + Find the computer domain name @echo off FOR /F "usebackq tokens=*" %%a IN (`wmic.exe COMPUTERSYSTEM GET DOMAIN /Value`) DO (       @((ECHO %%a | findstr /i /c:"Domain=") && SET _str=%%a) > NUL 2>&1 ) FOR /F "tokens=2 delims=^=" %%a IN ("%_str%") do SET _computerDomain=%%a SET _computerDomain=%_computerDomain: =% SET _fqdn=%COMPUTERNAME%.%_computerDomain% echo %_fqdn%

Thx for your idea

Scott

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answered Mar 26 '14 at 20:00

One line is enough to get the domain using a local user:

              FOR /F "usebackq tokens=2 delims==" %%a IN (`wmic.exe COMPUTERSYSTEM GET DOMAIN /Value ^|find /i "domain"`) DO set _computerDom=%%a

answered Jul 14 '15 at 10:18

I just want to add my own solution just in case someone needs a fast way to do it.

My approach is using registry to get domain info:

              reg query "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters" /v "Domain"

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