directoryservices

The code is fairly simple --- the issue is that there is an invalid character in the groupPath string (a '/' to be exact). What I'm trying to do (at least as a stop gap) is skip over DirectoryEntries that I can't get the cn for --- regardless of why. However when I run this code the catch block doesn't run and I get instead: The server is not operational. and an unhandled System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException. Why would the catch block not catch this exception. try { using (DirectoryEntry groupBinding = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://" + groupPath)) { using (DirectorySearcher groupSearch =

I receive an "Access Deined" COMException when I try to connect to a remote IIS 6 server from my C# application that is running under IIS 5.1. Any ideas? I am experiencing all the same issues with the original questions. Update - 4/1/09 I found this solution ( http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/Start_Stop_IIS_Website.aspx ) that consists of a window application connecting to an IIS server to start and stop web sites. I am able to run it on my workstation and connect to the IIS server. Ugh....why can I run this stand alone application but not my ASP.NET application? Original I receive an "Access

I'm struggling with a simple scenario: I would like to retrieve my account from Active Directory using the username and password which I use to log into my computer. My first issue was that I was receiving a referral from the server when attempting to call UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity. I thought that this was a bit weird, given the fact that PrincipalContext.ValidateCredentials was working fine, but it turns out that my DC path was incorrect. I wasn't sure how to properly craft my OU/DC string. As such, I found this SO post which helpful provided the following bit of code: private static

I'm using .Net account management libraries to access Active Directory to search the details of current http request user. My app pool runs with custom account and it also from the same domain. Server and users also belong to same domain. public string GetEmployeeId(string SAMAccountName) { using (PrincipalContext domainContext = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain)) { using (UserPrincipal userprincipal = new UserPrincipal(domainContext)) { userprincipal.SamAccountName = SAMAccountName; using (PrincipalSearcher ps = new PrincipalSearcher()) { ps.QueryFilter = userprincipal; UserPrincipal

I implemented a method that returns a list of Active Directory users, I would like to retrieve SAMAccountName like this Domain\Administrator . This is the method I use: public Collection<software_user> GetUsersFromAD(String adConnectionString) { var users = new Collection<software_user>(); using (var directoryEntry = new DirectoryEntry(adConnectionString)) { var directorySearcher = new DirectorySearcher(directoryEntry); directorySearcher.Filter = "(&(objectClass=user))"; var propertiesToLoad = new[] { "SAMAccountName", "displayName", "givenName", "sn", "mail", "userAccountControl", "objectSid"

I need to encode and decode BER data. .NET has the class System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.BerConverter The static method requires me to enter a string in the first parameter as shown below byte[] oid = { 0x30, 0xD, 0x6, 0x9, 0x2A, 0x86, 0x48, 0x86, 0xF7, 0xD, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x5, 0x0 }; // Object ID for RSA var result2 = System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.BerConverter.Decoding("?what goes here?", oid); BER encoding is used in LDAP, Certificates, and is commonplace in many other formats. I'll be happy with information telling me how to Encode or Decode on this class. There is nothing on Stack

I am trying to retrieve a list of Computer Names and the date they were last logged onto from Active Directory and return them in a datatable. Getting the names is easy enough but when I try to add the "lastLogon" or "lastLogonTimestamp" like shown below, the only values I get for the lastLogonTimestamp is "System._ComObject" public DataTable GetListOfComputers(string domainName) { DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://DC=" + domainName + ",DC=com"); DirectorySearcher search = new DirectorySearcher(entry); string query = "(objectclass=computer)"; search.Filter = query; search