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Named user check - for licensing issues
 "Joe Kaplan (MVP - ADSI)" <> wrote in message news:OV%... > It is actually pretty hard to do this in general, but that is the basic > idea. You need to enumerate the members and then enumerate the members of > those groups that are also groups. If any of the groups have large > numbers of members (greater than maxRangeValue for your domain, typically > 1000 for win2k and 1500 for 2k3), then you'll also need some range > retrieval. > > Also, if any of those groups is the primary group, the membership isn't > included in the member attribute, so you need a different approach > altogether. > > Why do you need to do this anyway? > > Joe K. > > "Cathie" <> wrote in message > news:... >>I am looking for the number of users in a specific Windows group. I think >>I know how to do it now, it just means that I will have to recursively >>search the AD tree using DirectorySearch to and count the result. >> >> Cathie >> >> "Joe Kaplan (MVP - ADSI)" <> >> wrote in message news:... >>> Are you talking about a role as in a Windows group a role you created in >>> your own code. .NET has a very flexible system that supports both. >>> >>> In general, there are no .NET APIs that support this directly, but you >>> might be able to do something based on the specific implementation of >>> the role. >>> >>> Joe K. >>> >>> "Cathie" <> wrote in message >>> news:... >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am trying to work out how I can find the number of users in a role. >>>> So that I can lock the application after a certain number of users are >>>> added to that role. >>>> >>>> Does any one know of decent reference material in dealing with windows >>>> users and roles? >>>> >>>> Cathie >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > |
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Gotcha. Good luck then! Make sure you test with large group memberships, a
mix of security and non-security groups and nested groups from other domains. There are a variety of ways that this thing can get very complicated and blow and give you trouble. Joe K. "Cathie" <> wrote in message news:... > Named user check - for licensing issues > > "Joe Kaplan (MVP - ADSI)" <> wrote > in message news:OV%... >> It is actually pretty hard to do this in general, but that is the basic >> idea. You need to enumerate the members and then enumerate the members >> of those groups that are also groups. If any of the groups have large >> numbers of members (greater than maxRangeValue for your domain, typically >> 1000 for win2k and 1500 for 2k3), then you'll also need some range >> retrieval. >> >> Also, if any of those groups is the primary group, the membership isn't >> included in the member attribute, so you need a different approach >> altogether. >> >> Why do you need to do this anyway? >> >> Joe K. >> |
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