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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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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