This example will do several things. Returns the user’s full name. Allows you to authenticate the users login name and password on the network. And gives you the ability to check to see if a user belongs to a specified group in the active directory.
01. GetUserName
- Returns the login user’s FULL name
02. GetUserFirstName
- Returns the login user's first name
03. GetUserLastName
- Returns the login user’s last name
04. GetUserLoginName
- Returns the users login name
05. GetDomainName
- Returns the domain name the user is logged on
06. GetComputerName
- Returns the computers name
07. AuthenticateUser
- Validates the users login name and password
08. GetUserGroups
- Returns all the groups the user belongs to in the active directory
09. GetGroupUsers
- Returns all the users of a specified group in the active directory
10. ValidateGroupUser
- Returns true or false of whether a specified user belongs to a specified group in the active directory
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The code is well commented and explained (thanks for the tip on the error if user exists in local SAM as well). Useful stuff here. Thanks for sharing and for putting your a$$ on the line in IRAQ. I respect you tremendously for that. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Very nice code, also very simple to read and understand. I used it in .NET 2005 and worked like a charm after making 1 small change to "Dim dsDirectoryEntry As DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry" (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Good clean samples of how to access and retrieve Active Directory objects. Your coding and data type usage is a little off however. Try turning Option Strict on and see for yourself.
You use Short and Byte data types all over when you shouldnt. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Thanks, I made the changes to correct the datatypes when using option strict on. I do prefer to use smaller datatypes when interger are not neccessary though, coders here use integer for everything which I dont think is as effiecient. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Thanks, very good code, but i've got a problem. My domain controller machine name is different from the REAL domain name, so the winnt queries work correctly but the ldap queries don't. I'd like to known if you tested your code on an environment with domain + domain machine with same name. Thank you! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Is that really you? (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
4/16/2009 12:39:49 PM:
this is really helpfull to acknowledge about Active Directory Services useradd (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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