I need a simple way to list all of the groups in Active Directory using VB.NET, either on a web page or winform. I've been trying to figure it out, but I've never used DirectoryServices before and I haven't been able to find a good example to learn from.
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I have looked over the code in the Active Directory Tutorial, but am having trouble understanding how to read through the groups to list their members.Our domain is large and I only want to list groups in an Organizational Unit called "LocationName".
View 1 RepliesIm trying to to simply list all security groups from active directory as i will then be doing checks on folders with the mathcing security group.
I can list all the users from active directory with this:
Dim myDirectoryEntry As DirectoryEntry = New DirectoryEntry(String.Format("LDAP://DC=domain,DC=org"))
Dim mySearcher As DirectorySearcher = New DirectorySearcher(myDirectoryEntry)
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I am writing an application where active directory validation is required before accessing the main form. There are 2 forms. Form 2 is the login form and form 1 is the main form. The main form would have a simple look, with about 10 checkboxes.I have managed to get the authentication working great but what now need to do is validate groups. Say if "user A" is in "groups A,B and C" and "user B" is in "groups B and C" i would like for them to use my login form, once they log in, the groups that they are members of would appear in a listbox on either form, (whichever is easiest) and is hidden from the user ... if they are in group A, then the main form would show only the first 3 checkboxes, if they are in group B, then it would show the 4th and 5th checkboxes, if in both groups then show the first 5 checkboxes etc.It is a simple idea, but is complicated to explain.As i said, the login form is working with the active directory... here is the code for the login form:[code]Form1 in the code is my main form, and wish for it to change according to which groups the user is in.
View 9 Replieshow to find out what Active Directory groups a user belongs to? I already have the code finding out their username but now I need to find out what group they belong to so I can assign the relevant photocopier code.
View 1 RepliesI'm writing code to parse through a list of file directories and identify which AD groups have access. That info is available in the operating system under the file properties security tab, but I can't find any code examples that retrieve that info in vb.net (or c#). Anyone have code that will do that?
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View 9 RepliesI am new in working with Active Directory... my situation is... i have three domain and I need to generate the list of all Subtree values and its members/users/groups in a text file. using .NET how can I achieve this...starting from the Root Directory? using Imports
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I'm a developer for a College we have an active directory.I need to query Active Directory with the Pc name and return it's path in the Active Directory tree.
View 3 RepliesI want to get a list of all users and groups that belong to a specific department (entered by the user) from Active Directory using VB.Net and DirectoryServices.
View 2 RepliesI managed to do ASP.NET authentication work wih AD. Now, I want to query an OU in AD and display the result either ListView or GridView in ASP.NET page.[code]In the organizational unit (OU) UsersStudents there are following columns:First Name, Last Name, Pre-Windows 2000 Logon Name, Name , Type. I want to query column First Name, Last Name, Pre-Windows 2000 Logon Name in OU UsersStudents and bind the
result to ListView or GridView.
I am trying to create a new user and set their password in AD LDS using asp.net vb. I'm binding to an instance of a directory entry, which is working fine. And I can add a user without a problem. The problem is that I can't seem to set the password when I add the user.Is this the right way to set the password
View 3 RepliesIs it possible (I'm sure it is) to validate a user's credentials against Active Directory without using Directory Services?I'm building a Browser-Based WPF application which requires users to login to and get validated via Active Directory. Since .Net 4.0 (or maybe 3.5) accessing Directory Services from an Application requires the application to be fully trusted. Since IE won't provide full trust to an application if it doesn't have the signing certificate in it's cert store, the application is refused startup permission.
If I don't use Directory Services, then I can leave the application as Partial Trust and validate my user's credentials without having to install a certificate on each user's machine.
I'm building an control interface for a system that consists of 1-4 modules. In my interface, each module has its own control set, grouped in a groupbox. I only want to show the control groups for the modules that are actually connected and hide the rest.
This is easy to do with the visble property.
I also want all of the groups to be stacked vertically in the UI such that when one is hidden, the rest below it shift up into its place as if you deleted a row in a table. It needs to be able to come back just as easily.
I'm looking for the code to list all users in the Administrators group on a local machine. I had something like that for VB script and I converted it to work under .NET but it's slow and not the thing I want.
Dim o_adsi_group As Object
o_adsi_group = GetObject("WinNT://" & System.Net.Dns.GetHostName & "/Administrators,group")
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I was working a To-Do-List project. Everything is fine, but, program not saves list group view.
Before save (with groups)
Restart Program (no groups)
Program loads list without groups. How to load with groups?
I notice you have an example code of listing groups Ad computer Accounts are a member of in c#, do you have an example in vb
View 2 RepliesHow can I get a list of computers and their properties from Active Directory using VB.Net and Visual Studio 2008?
View 3 RepliesI having a program built in VB.Net and would like to take in the users windows name and then compatre that with a security group in AD, if they are in a certain group then redirect them to the next page otherwise block them.I have tried many ways using many different snippets of code from different forums, but cannot find a code piece of code that works?
View 6 RepliesI would like to have all properties on a user from active directory. I find some property name as :
distinguishedName, SAMAccountName, sn, givenName, TelephoneNumber, mail
If you have a list of property? As each user has an ID in AD ?
I'm having a weird problem with active directory and the display name attribute. I can create an AD account with no problems, the account shows up, I can log on as the account, everything appears to be working as intended. The problem is, our company requires that the display name be in the form of "Lastname, Firstname". Thats all fine and dandy when you create an AD account use the MMC snap-in, you type in the users name as "Lastname, Firstname" in the display name field and when the account is created, the display name shows as "Lastname, Firstname" as you would expect.
The problem I am having is this, whenever I create an AD account programmatically, I can't for the life of me get the display name to show up as "Lastname, Firstname". The displayname property is set as such, checking the AD account using the MMC snap-in shows the display name is set correctly, but when looking at the list of user accounts, the account is always displayed as the users username. The account name I am using is "Test User", see pic below.
if you try to rename the account, the field it tells you it is editing is called Full Name? I can't find a property in AD even called Full Name so I am completely confused, here is a picture of me trying to rename the programmatically created account, as you can see, the display name field is set correctly even though it doesn't display that way. And of course, after renaming the account as seen below, the display name shows up correctly as "Lastname, Firstname"Here is the code I use to create the account, just for reference.
Public Sub CreateActiveDirectoryAccount(ByVal sUserName As String, ByVal sFirstName As String, _
ByVal sLastName As String, ByVal sUserPrincipalName As String, ByVal sPassword As String, _
ByVal sHomeDrive As String, ByVal sHomeDirLocation As String, _
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i would like to be able to login on a webpage using a valid active directory username and password.user name and password are entered in textboxes. if they are correct then i would like to redirect to another page.how can this be coded.in a second task after some code is performed, log in as an administrator using code and unlock the account.i have heard that this is called impersonation. how can i perform the above?i'm using visual web developer 2008 and vb.net
View 1 RepliesIm trying to connect to AD and carry out some basic tasks for a .Net application written in VB .Net. I would like to create the application so when it loads, it automatically binds to the default AD domain that the user is logged onto. This has led me to writing the code
Dim domain As DirectoryEntry = New DirectoryEntry("LDAP://DC=domain,DC=com", Nothing, Nothing, AuthenticationTypes.Secure)
domain.RefreshCache()
But this doesnt work.
i am trying to get a list of all users in the active directory on a domain. The following code is being used but doesnt seem to work:
Public Function GetAllUsers(ByVal ldapServerName As String) As Hashtable
'To retrieve list of all LDAP users
'This function returns HashTable
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Then i get the "find people" box pop up. So i know i have the correct LDAP but not sure why the other information is preventing it from working..
I am having some issues with the following script for adding an object to AD - The object being a user and then modifying the properties on it.
Error
Line 350:
Line 351: Dim adUsers As DirectoryEntries = dirEntry.Children
Line 352: Dim newUser As DirectoryEntry = adUsers.Add("CN=" & sUserName, "user")
Line 353:
Line 354: newUser.Properties("givenname").Add(sFirstName)
Description:
An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Unknown error (0x80005000)
End of Error
Partial class Add
Me.CreateAdAccount(uname.Text, pword.Text, fname.Text, sname.Text, Nothing)
Public Sub CreateAdAccount(ByVal sUserName As String, _
ByVal sPassword As String, _
ByVal sFirstName As String, ByVal sLastName As String, _
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I am trying to create a new user and set their password in AD LDS using asp.net vb. I'm binding to an instance of a directory entry, which is working fine. And I can add a user without a problem. The problem is that I can't seem to set the password when I add the user. Is this the right way to set the password?
Dim objADAM As DirectoryEntry = BindToInstance()
Dim objUser As DirectoryEntry = objADAM.Children.Add("CN=Jimmy", "User")
objUser.Properties("sn").Value = "lloyd"
objUser.Properties("givenName").Value = "Jimmy Smith"
objUser.Properties("userpassword").Value = "THEPASSWORD"
objUser.CommitChanges()
This is the error that I get :
System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryServicesCOMException (0x80072020): An operations error occurred. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80072020) at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.CommitChanges
I have a list of computers from the AD which also have IP addresses in one of the fields. The IP address does not seem to be accurate. It looks like the AD updates are not as frequent as the DHCP server.
MYCOMPUTER1 1.1.1.1
MYCOMPUTER2 2.2.2.2
MYCOMPUTER3 3.3.3.3
Is there anyway to get the IP address from VB soon after I retrieve the record from AD? Querying the DNS/DHCP server via code?
I am trying to Join the domain using VB.NET 2005. I cannot see anything I am missing but am getting an error code that hasn't proven much use. I get a return error code of 1332.[code]
View 1 RepliesUsing VB.net im after a way of serching through active directory and returning the ou a computer is currently in.
View 3 RepliesWe are developing our application using MS Visual Studio 2008 VB .Net. We have to use Active Directory Server for authenticating the user logging into the application. Does any one has code samples intergrating .Net and ADS?
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