LDAP Properties Question for Active User in AD

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Hi,

I was trying to retrieve the value of "userAccountControl".The reason for that is

userAccountControl= "512" for active and "514" for inactive user.

am going to use this preoperty in my filter to retrieve only Active users from AD.

when i use "userAccountControl" in my code,it doesn't return any value.please guide me,am i using the right property and name ?

Thanks in Advance

Posted 22-Feb-11 16:21pm

shan1395

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Philip Lane · Answer 1 · 2011-02-23T01:43:00

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DirectoryEntry d = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://" + ["distinguishedName"]);
int uac = (int)d.Properties["userAccountControl"].Value

have you tried this?

Posted 23-Feb-11 1:43am

Philip Lane

Updated 23-Feb-11 2:02am

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shan1395 23-Feb-11 7:51am

Thanks philip,def this works (haven't yet test in my end),i will let you know shortly after test from my end.Am going to use this function in my existing dll file and retrieve only active users.

Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 2 · 2011-02-22T16:28:00

Solution 1

Read the Community Comment section at the bottom of this page[^].

Posted 22-Feb-11 16:28pm

Dave Kreskowiak

Philip Lane · Answer 3 · 2011-02-22T22:21:00

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Hi,

can you use "UserPrincipal" to test if a user account is active?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.directoryservices.accountmanagement.userprincipal.aspx

Posted 22-Feb-11 22:21pm

Philip Lane

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shan1395 23-Feb-11 7:00am

Hi Philip,

Thanks for your response,i don't think so "UserPrincipal" will tell you the account is active or not.
Pardon me if am wrong,i was going thru msdn (suggested by you),it doesn't help me much.Usally "UserAccountcontrol" tells you the account is active or deactive (based on 512 or 514).But in my case i was trying to retrieve the value from AD,but its not returning anything.