Get a user's path within Active Directory using LDAP

Get a user's path within Active Directory

Note: To add or read properties from an Active Directory group you need to have special username and password like an Active Directory admin.

Within Active Directory User could be in OU=Accounts or in OU=Accounts\HR or in OU=Accounts\HR\Recruiters. You can get the USer's path without having to traverse through the entire "Accounts".

string uID = userID.Remove(0, 6).ToUpper();

string folderPath = "";

folderPath = "LDAP://OU=UserAccounts,DC=aaaaa,DC=com";

DirectoryEntry folderEntry;

folderEntry = new DirectoryEntry(folderPath, "Spluser", "password");

DirectorySearcher searcher = new DirectorySearcher(folderEntry);

searcher.Filter = string.Format("(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName={0}))", uID);

searcher.SearchScope = SearchScope.Subtree;

SearchResult result = searcher.FindOne();

if (result != null)

{

   searchpath = result.Path;

}

searcher.Dispose(); folderEntry.Dispose();

return searchpath;

you can read here  about the SearcherScope property offered by the DirectorySearcher.

Find all the folders within OU=Accounts in Active Directory and add to an arraylist

Find all the folders within OU=Accounts in Active Directory and add to an ArrayList

Note: To add or read properties from an Active Directory group you need to have special username and password like an Active Directory admin.

string userAcctName = ""; 
string displayName = ""; 
string userDept = "";

ArrayList usrAccountsfolders = new ArrayList();

// get all folders of UserAccounts.

string folderPath = ""; int membercount = 0; int foldercount = 0;

folderPath = "LDAP://OU=UserAccounts,DC=aaaaaa,DC=com";

DirectoryEntry addGroup;

addGroup = new DirectoryEntry(folderPath, "Spluser", "password");

Response.Write("The name is :: " + addGroup.Name.ToString() + "<br/>");

foreach (DirectoryEntry member in addGroup.Children)

{

    if (member.Name.Substring(0, 2) == "CN")

    { membercount += 1; }

    else if (member.Name.Substring(0, 2) == "OU")

    {  foldercount += 1;

       usrAccountsfolders.Add(member);

     }

    //Response.Write(member.Properties["displayName"].Value.ToString() + "<br/>");

}

Get all members in OU=Accounts or OU=Archived Users in Active Directory

Get all members in OU=Accounts or OU=Archived Users in Active Directory


Note: To add or read properties from an Active Directory group you need to have special username and password like an Active Directory admin.

tring folderPath = "";

folderPath = "LDAP://OU=Archived Users,DC=aaaaa,DC=com";

DirectoryEntry addGroup;

addGroup = new DirectoryEntry(folderPath, "Spluser", "password");

Response.Write("The name is " + addGroup.Name.ToString() +"<br/>");

foreach (DirectoryEntry member in addGroup.Children)

{

 Response.Write(member.Properties["displayName"].Value.ToString() + "<br/>");

}

Add a user to a given active directory group

Add a user to a given active directory group

Note: To add or read properties from an Active Directory group you need to have special username and password like an Active Directory admin.

DirectoryEntry addGroup;

string folderPath = "LDAP://CN="+grpName+"OU=”+FolderName+”,OU=Groups,DC=aaaaa,DC=com";

addGroup = new DirectoryEntry(folderPath, "Spluser", "password");

string usrId = “myUserID”;

string usrPath = "LDAP://CN="+usrId+”,OU=UserAccounts,DC=aaaaa,DC=com";

DirectoryEntry addUser;

addUser = new DirectoryEntry(usrPath);

if((chkGroupExistence(addGroup) == true)&&(chkUserExistence(addGroup, usrId) == false))      

{

  try

    {

      addGroup.Invoke("Add", new object[] { addUser.Path.ToString() });

    }

  catch (Exception)

    {

        LblSuccessMsg.Text = "User could not be added to the Group. ";

    }

 }

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Check if a user already exists in Active Directory group

Check if a user already exists in Active Directory group:

Note: To add or read properties from an Active Directory group you need to have special username and password like an Active Directory admin.

DirectoryEntry addGroup;

string folderPath = "LDAP://CN=" + folderName + ",";

folderPath += "OU=SharedFolder,OU=Groups,DC=aaaaa,DC=com";

string usrId = “myUserID”;

addGroup = new DirectoryEntry(folderPath, "Spluser", "password");

protected bool chkUserExistence(DirectoryEntry addGroup, string usrId)

    {

        bool usrExists = false;

        object allMembers = addGroup.Invoke("members", null);

        foreach (object member in (IEnumerable)allMembers)

        {

            DirectoryEntry memberEntry = new DirectoryEntry(member);

            if (usrId == memberEntry.Name.ToString())

            {

                usrExists = true;

                break;

            }

        }

        return usrExists;

    }

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Check if a group exists in Active directory

Check if a group exists in Active directory

Note: To add or read properties from an Active Directory group you need to have special username and password like an Active Directory admin.

DirectoryEntry addGroup;

string folderPath = "LDAP://CN=" + folderName + ",";

folderPath += "OU=SharedFolder,OU=Groups,DC=aaaaaa,DC=com";

protected Boolean chkGroupExistence(DirectoryEntry addGroup)

    {

        // chk if the requested AD group is available and a proper AD Group object is formed.    

        bool groupExists = true;

        try

        {

            if (addGroup.SchemaClassName == "group")

            { groupExists = true; }

        }

        catch (Exception)

        {

            groupExists = false;

        }

        return groupExists;

    }

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Get all members Email,Name of an Active Directory Group using ArrayList: C#.Net

Get members of an Active Directory Group using C#.Net

Note: To add or read properties from an Active Directory group you need to have special username and password like an Active Directory admin.

protected ArrayList GetMembersFromADGroup(string strRole)

    {      

        ArrayList membersEmail = new ArrayList();

        ArrayList membersName = new ArrayList();

        ArrayList strloginName = new ArrayList();

        string AdGroupForSysAdmin = "";        string AdGroupFolder = "";

        char[] charsToTrim = { ' ' };       

        string folderPath = "";

        folderPath = "LDAP://CN=" + AdGroupName;

        folderPath = folderPath.TrimEnd(charsToTrim) + ","; ;

        folderPath += "OU=" + AdFolderName + ",OU=Groups,DC=aaaaaa,DC=com";

// create object for the shared folder in AD using admin username and password. 

        DirectoryEntry addGroup;

        addGroup = new DirectoryEntry(folderPath, "Spluser", "password");

        if (chkGroupExistence(addGroup) == true)

        {

           object allMembers = addGroup.Invoke("members", null);

           foreach (object member in (IEnumerable)allMembers)

           {

              DirectoryEntry memberEntry = new DirectoryEntry(member);

              string Email = (memberEntry.Properties["mail"].Value.ToString());

              membersEmail.Add(Email);

              string Name = (memberEntry.Properties["DisplayName"].Value.ToString());

              membersName.Add(SysAdminName);

              string adminID = memberEntry.Properties["Name"].Value.ToString();

              string adminLogin = "PAR-1\\" + adminID.ToLower();

              strloginName.Add(adminLogin);

            } 
       }

        return membersEmail;// Return Name or Email.
}

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"0x80040E14" or "HTTP 500" error message or Site Owner cannot edit\add content to their site

We have 2 web applications[Web App1, Web App2] running in our farm. Issue was that one Site Owner within Web App1 couldn't add or modify their content. Further investigation revealed that all sites within Web App1 threw an error like ""0x80040E14" while trying to add new content or "HTTP 500" error while trying to modify content. Web App2 was working fine. At least that part was good.

Googled the issue; Check the Database associated with the farm. You can get details about your SQL Server database used by your farm from your Central Admin.

• Connect to the Server to check the space. 
• OR use SQL Server Management Studio to connect to the SQL Server from your Sharepoint Server. 

When you connect through the SQL Server Management Studio, Expand Databases and look for WSS_WebAPP1_Content[ the content database used by the Web Application that has trouble]. Right Click and look for Properties. you can get an idea about the space available. In my case this was low. 

Request your SQL Server administrator to increase the server space and Reboot. 

Issue was fixed. This link was very helpful.

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Get the Sharepoint user's additional information from Active Directory

 Get the Sharepoint user's additional information from Active Directory

Note: To add or read properties from an Active Directory group you need to have special username and password like an Active Directory admin.

 SPUser currentUser = web.CurrentUser;

string userID = currentUser.LoginName;
string newUserID = userID.Remove(0, 6).ToUpper();

// GET THE USER'S info FROM THE ACTIVE DIRECTORY

string usrPath = "LDAP://CN=" + userID.Remove(0, 6).ToUpper();

UsrPath += ",OU=UserAccounts,DC=aaaaa,DC=com";

DirectoryEntry UserInAD;

UserInAD = new DirectoryEntry(usrPath);

string UsrPhone = UserInAD.Properties["telephoneNumber"].Value.ToString();

string UserEmail = UserInAD.Properties["mail"].Value.ToString();

string MgrFromAD = UserInAD.Properties["Manager"].Value.ToString();

string managerLogin = "Company\\" + MgrFromAD.Substring(3, 7).ToLower();

Here we get Manager information from Active Directory of the currently logged in user in sharepoint.

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