Active Directory Searcher
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How to search Active Directory
Introduction
This tool was created to search Active Directory for user's information. But it is not complete yet. It will be very useful to get any comments on this theme.
Here is the screenshot and part of the code (see file ActiveDirectorySearcher.cs in the source code) with all the application functionality.
using System;
using System.DirectoryServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Collections;
namespace Ads
{
/// <summary>
/// Represents main Active Directory Searcher functionality.
/// </summary>
[DefaultProperty("Domain")]
public class ActiveDirectorySearcher : DirectorySearcher
{
private string strDomain;
private string strAccount;
private string strPassword;
private AuthenticationTypes atAuthType;
private int intNestedLevelCount;
/// <summary>
/// Creates and initializes new class instance.
/// </summary>
public ActiveDirectorySearcher()
{
base.Filter = "(objectCategory=computer)";
intNestedLevelCount = -1;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the node in the Active Directory hierarchy where the search starts.
/// </summary>
[Description("Path to search")]
[Category("System")]
[ReadOnly(true)]
public new DirectoryEntry SearchRoot
{
get { return new DirectoryEntry(String.Format("LDAP://{0}",
strDomain), String.Format("{0}/{1}", strDomain, strAccount),
strPassword, atAuthType); }
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets the node in the Active Directory hierarchy where
/// the search starts depending on the values
/// of <see cref="Domain"/>, etc.
/// </summary>
private void SetSearchRoot()
{
if((strAccount != null)&&(strAccount.Trim() != String.Empty))
base.SearchRoot = new DirectoryEntry(String.Format("LDAP://{0}",
strDomain), String.Format("{0}/{1}",
strDomain, strAccount), strPassword, atAuthType);
else
base.SearchRoot = new DirectoryEntry(String.Format("LDAP://{0}",
strDomain));
}
/// <summary>
/// Domain to search name.
/// </summary>
[Description("Domain to search")]
[Category("Domain Definition")]
public string Domain
{
get { return strDomain; }
set
{
strDomain = value;
SetSearchRoot();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the type of authentication to use.
/// </summary>
[DefaultValue(AuthenticationTypes.None)]
[Description("Authentication type")]
[Category("Domain Definition")]
public AuthenticationTypes AuthenticationType
{
get { return atAuthType; }
set
{
atAuthType = value;
SetSearchRoot();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the user name to use when authenticating the client.
/// </summary>
[Description("Account in domain to login to")]
[Category("Logging Settings")]
public string Account
{
get { return strAccount; }
set
{
strAccount = value;
SetSearchRoot();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the password to use when authenticating the client.
/// </summary>
[DefaultValue("")]
[Description("Password to login to account in domain")]
[Category("Logging Settings")]
public string Password
{
get { return strPassword; }
set
{
strPassword = value;
SetSearchRoot();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets nested levels to explore quantity.
/// Set it to -1 to explore all available.
/// </summary>
[DefaultValue(-1)]
[Description("Nested levels to explore quantity. " +
"Set it to -1 to explore all available.")]
[Category("Explore Settings")]
public int NestedLevelsToExploreQuantity
{
get { return intNestedLevelCount; }
set { intNestedLevelCount = value; }
}
private TreeNode GetChildrenOfDirectoryEntry(DirectoryEntry cde,
int currentLevel)
{
try
{
if((intNestedLevelCount > 0)&&(currentLevel >= intNestedLevelCount))
return new TreeNode("Children: max. nested level reached", 7, 8);
TreeNode tnChilds = new TreeNode("Children", 6, 8);
foreach(DirectoryEntry de in cde.Children)
{
tnChilds.Nodes.Add(GetNodeFromDirectoryEntry(de, currentLevel+1));
}
return tnChilds;
}
catch(Exception x)
{
return new TreeNode("<ERROR> "+x.Message, 7, 7);
}
}
private TreeNode GetDescriptionOfDirectoryEntry(DirectoryEntry de)
{
try
{
TreeNode tnDescription = new TreeNode("Description", 9, 11);
if(de.NativeGuid != null)
tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new TreeNode("Native GUID: "+
de.NativeGuid, 12, 14));
else
tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new
TreeNode("Native GUID: <NULL>", 13, 14));
tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new TreeNode("GUID: "+
de.Guid.ToString(), 12, 14));
tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new TreeNode("Authentication Type: "
+de.AuthenticationType.ToString(), 12, 14));
if(de.Password != null) tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new
TreeNode("Password: "+de.Password, 12, 14));
else
tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new
TreeNode("Password: <UNAVAILABLE>", 13, 14));
if(de.Path != null)
tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new TreeNode("Path: "
+de.Path, 12, 14));
else
tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new
TreeNode("Path: <NULL>", 13, 14));
if(de.SchemaClassName != null)
tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new TreeNode("Schema Class Name: "
+de.SchemaClassName, 12, 14));
else
tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new
TreeNode("Schema Class Name: <NULL>", 13, 14));
if(de.Username != null)
tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new TreeNode("User Name: "+
de.Username, 12, 14));
else
tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new
TreeNode("User Name: <NULL>", 13, 14));
if(de.Site != null)
tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new TreeNode("Site: " +
de.Site.Name, 12, 14));
else
tnDescription.Nodes.Add(new
TreeNode("Site: <NULL>", 13, 14));
return tnDescription;
}
catch(Exception x)
{
return new TreeNode("<ERROR> "+x.Message, 13, 13);
}
}
private TreeNode GetPropertiesFromDirectoryEntry(DirectoryEntry de)
{
try
{
TreeNode tnProperties = new TreeNode("Properties", 3, 5);
foreach(string strPropertyName in de.Properties.PropertyNames)
{
TreeNode tnCurrentProperty;
try
{
tnCurrentProperty = new TreeNode(strPropertyName, 15, 17);
foreach(object objValue in de.Properties[strPropertyName])
tnCurrentProperty.Nodes.Add(new
TreeNode(objValue.ToString(), 12, 14));
}
catch(Exception x)
{
tnCurrentProperty = new TreeNode(strPropertyName+
": <ERROR>: "+x.Message, 16, 16);
}
tnProperties.Nodes.Add(tnCurrentProperty);
}
return tnProperties;
}
catch(Exception x)
{
return new TreeNode("<ERROR> "+x.Message, 4, 4);
}
}
private TreeNode GetNodeFromDirectoryEntry(DirectoryEntry de, int currentLevel)
{
try
{
string strName = (de.Name == null) ? "<UNNAMED>" : de.Name;
RaizeSearchInfoEvent("Creating "+strName+" entry...");
TreeNode tnResult = new TreeNode(strName, 0, 2);
tnResult.Nodes.Add(GetDescriptionOfDirectoryEntry(de));
tnResult.Nodes.Add(GetPropertiesFromDirectoryEntry(de));
tnResult.Nodes.Add(GetChildrenOfDirectoryEntry(de, currentLevel));
RaizeSearchInfoEvent(strName+" added.");
return tnResult;
}
catch(Exception x)
{
return new TreeNode("<ERROR> "+x.Message, 1, 1);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Performs the search.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Search results as tree nodes.</returns>
public TreeNode[] Search()
{
RaizeSearchInfoEvent("Initializing...");
ArrayList alResults = new ArrayList();
SetSearchRoot();
RaizeSearchInfoEvent("Starting search...");
SearchResultCollection src = FindAll();
RaizeSearchInfoEvent("Creating search results...");
foreach(SearchResult sr in src)
alResults.Add(GetNodeFromDirectoryEntry(
sr.GetDirectoryEntry(), 0));
RaizeSearchInfoEvent("Search complete.");
return (TreeNode[])(alResults.ToArray(typeof(TreeNode)));
}
/// <summary>
/// The search information event handler.
/// </summary>
public delegate void SearchInfoEventHandler(string info);
/// <summary>
/// The search information ready event.
/// </summary>
public event SearchInfoEventHandler SearchInfo;
/// <summary>
/// Raises the event with given information.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="info">Information for the event.</param>
private void RaizeSearchInfoEvent(string info)
{
if(SearchInfo != null) SearchInfo(info);
}
}
}
History
- 17th June, 2005: Initial post