Listing All Active Directory Groups

Question

The following code lists some, but not all, Active Directory Groups. Why?

I am trying to list all security groups, distribution groups, computer groups etc. Have I

Answer 1

you can get the all ad group details by the below powershell and if you want particular Name against of AD Group then write filter instead of *

Get-ADGroup -Filter * -properties * | Export-csv c:\csv\new.csv

Answer 2

I tried this and it worked

    public ArrayList GetAllGroupNames(string ipAddress, string ouPath)
    {
        DirectorySearcher deSearch = new DirectorySearcher();
        deSearch.SearchRoot = GetRootDirectoryEntry(ipAddress, ouPath);
        deSearch.Filter = "(&(objectClass=group))";
        SearchResultCollection results = deSearch.FindAll();
        if (results.Count > 0)
        {
            ArrayList groupNames = new ArrayList();

            foreach (SearchResult group in results)
            {
                var entry = new DirectoryEntry(group.Path, UserName, Password);
                string shortName = entry.Name.Substring(3, entry.Name.Length - 3);
                groupNames.Add(shortName);
            }

            return groupNames;
        }
        else
        {
            return new ArrayList();
        }
    }

    private DirectoryEntry GetRootDirectoryEntry(string ipAddress, string domainPath, string username, string password)
    {
        var ldapPath = "LDAP://" + ipAddress + "/" + domainPath;
        return new DirectoryEntry(ldapPath, username, password, AuthenticationTypes.Secure);
    }

Answer 3

To retrieve a set of results that is larger than 1000 items, you must set SizeLimit to its default value (zero) and set PageSize to a value that is less than or equal to 1000.

objSearchADAM.PageSize = 1000;

Answer 4

Try filter "(objectcategory=group)" Found solution here

Answer 5

If you're on .NET 3.5 or newer, you can use a PrincipalSearcher and a "query-by-example" principal to do your searching:

// create your domain context
PrincipalContext ctx = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain);

// define a "query-by-example" principal - here, we search for a GroupPrincipal 
GroupPrincipal qbeGroup = new GroupPrincipal(ctx);

// create your principal searcher passing in the QBE principal    
PrincipalSearcher srch = new PrincipalSearcher(qbeGroup);

// find all matches
foreach(var found in srch.FindAll())
{
    // do whatever here - "found" is of type "Principal" - it could be user, group, computer.....          
}

If you haven't already - absolutely read the MSDN article Managing Directory Security Principals in the .NET Framework 3.5 which shows nicely how to make the best use of the new features in System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement

Answer 6

DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("ldap://ldap.gaurangjadia.com", "scott", "tiger");

DirectorySearcher dSearch = new DirectorySearcher(entry);
dSearch.Filter = "(&(objectClass=group))";
dSearch.SearchScope = SearchScope.Subtree;

SearchResultCollection results = dSearch.FindAll();

for (int i = 0; i < results.Count; i++) {
    DirectoryEntry de = results[i].GetDirectoryEntry();

    //TODO with "de"
}