I need to authenticate user's Windows credentials, given a userId, domain and password. Our Active Directory contains multiple domains, some which we can list using the following code:
var domains = System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest.GetCurrentForest().Domains;
However, we also have users that belong to domains outside the forest. They are however accessible to me from the Global Catalog (GC). Below code allows me to get a directory entry for a userid.
System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry globalCatalogDE = new System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("GC://DC=nsroot,DC=net"); var ds = new System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher(globalCatalogDE); ds.Filter = "(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=" + userId + "))"; System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry userDE = ds.FindAll()[0].GetDirectoryEntry();
How do I authenticate a user that belongs to a domain I can not directly access but is available to me in the GC?