How to get All Groups from Actvie Directory.. without UserName and Password..

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

Hi..
Iam using PricipalContext and GroupPrincipal object to get all the groups from the domain..
GroupPrincipal object returns as null. so PrincipalSearcher return an exception as below.

Exception : Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password

.

Here is my code.. Plz suggest me any way to get all the groups from Domain..
Thanks in advance..

C#

public void GetAllGroups()
    {
        try
        {
            PrincipalContext oPrincipalContext = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, sDomain, sDefaultOU);
            GroupPrincipal oGroupPrincipal = new GroupPrincipal(oPrincipalContext);
            PrincipalSearcher srch = new PrincipalSearcher(oGroupPrincipal);
            PrincipalSearchResult<principal> searchResCol = srch.FindAll();

            //foreach (var found in srch.FindAll())
            //{
            //Code to get group from groups..
            //}
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
        }
    }</principal>

Posted 6-Jun-13 19:33pm

Vasudeva Rao Naidu

Updated 6-Jun-13 19:40pm

uspatel

v3

Add a Solution

Comments

David_Wimbley 7-Jun-13 10:29am

Im pretty sure you have to authenticate to the domain in some fashion in order to get information about it.

2 solutions

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Vinodh.B · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-09T20:11:00

Solution 1

Hi
Check out the following link for reference.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/637486/how-to-get-the-current-users-active-directory-details-in-c-sharp?rq=1[^]

Posted 9-Jun-13 20:11pm

Vinodh.B

Vasudeva Rao Naidu · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-21T16:46:00

public void GetAllGroups()
    {
        try
        {
            StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
            
            DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry("activedirectorypath", "adminUserName", "adminPassword");
            DirectorySearcher deSearch = new DirectorySearcher();
            deSearch.SearchRoot = de;
            deSearch.Filter = "(&(ObjectClass=group))";//ObjectClass=user to get all users in active directory.
            deSearch.PropertiesToLoad.Add("name");//i.e Properties such as SamAccountName,Email,GivenName etc..,

            SearchResultCollection results = deSearch.FindAll();

            foreach (SearchResult res in results)
            {
                DisplayProperties("name", res, strBuilder);
            }
            lblGroups.Text = strBuilder.ToString();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
        }
    }

C#

private void DisplayProperties(string property, SearchResult res, StringBuilder strBuilder)
    {
        if (strBuilder.ToString() != "")
        {
            strBuilder.Append("<br/>");
        }
        ResultPropertyValueCollection col = res.Properties[property];
        foreach (object o in col)
        {
           strBuilder.Append(o.ToString());
        }
    }