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Patrick.O.Ige
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      02-22-2007
I used the WindowsTokenRoleProvider and i was able to input my username and
i retrieved all the GROUPS i belong to on my PC.
I'm thinking of doing the same but against Active Directory.
How can i do the same against AD?
Will i have to use "AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider" and install Azman? Or
iare they any other ways?
I have used ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider before with my treeview for
securitytimming can i use that?
Thanks in Advance



 
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Dominick Baier
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      02-22-2007
Just use plain WindowsAuthentication - you can get all groups from the WindowsIdentity
that hangs off Context.User...

http://www.leastprivilege.com/Gettin...ntInNET20.aspx

-----
Dominick Baier (http://www.leastprivilege.com)

Developing More Secure Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Applications (http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/9989.asp)

> I used the WindowsTokenRoleProvider and i was able to input my
> username and
> i retrieved all the GROUPS i belong to on my PC.
> I'm thinking of doing the same but against Active Directory.
> How can i do the same against AD?
> Will i have to use "AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider" and install Azman?
> Or
> iare they any other ways?
> I have used ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider before with my treeview
> for
> securitytimming can i use that?
> Thanks in Advance



 
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Craig Wagner
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      02-22-2007
I've been orking on this very thing. You might want to read the thread titled
"WindowsTokenRoleProvider & Domain Groups" in this group.

In short, if you can't use Windows Authentication for some reason, download
the free chapter of Joe Kaplan's book available at
http://directoryprogramming.net/default.aspx and follow the instructions near
the end of the chapter.
 
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Patrick.O.Ige
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      02-23-2007
Thanks for the response.
But whan i want to do is to have a textbox and when i input a AD username
and click search
i would like to retrieve the groups they belong to.
But what you pointed me to uses the "WindowsIdentity" can iuse the
User.Identity.Name?
Thanks in Advance..
Also is it also possible to do the vice versa..i.e input the AD GROUPS and
then recieve the users?
PAtrick

"Dominick Baier" <dbaier@pleasepleasenospam_leastprivilege.com> wrote in
message news: m...
> Just use plain WindowsAuthentication - you can get all groups from the
> WindowsIdentity that hangs off Context.User...
>
> http://www.leastprivilege.com/Gettin...ntInNET20.aspx
>
> -----
> Dominick Baier (http://www.leastprivilege.com)
>
> Developing More Secure Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Applications
> (http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/9989.asp)
>
>> I used the WindowsTokenRoleProvider and i was able to input my
>> username and
>> i retrieved all the GROUPS i belong to on my PC.
>> I'm thinking of doing the same but against Active Directory.
>> How can i do the same against AD?
>> Will i have to use "AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider" and install Azman?
>> Or
>> iare they any other ways?
>> I have used ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider before with my treeview
>> for
>> securitytimming can i use that?
>> Thanks in Advance

>
>



 
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Joe Kaplan
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      02-23-2007
There are two options for this that I would consider using:

If your AD is 2003 native mode and the machine that your app is running on
is 2003 or higher, you can use protocol transition to generate a
WindowsIdentity for a user and get their groups. Use the constructor on
WindowsIdentity that takes the userPrincipalName as the only parameter. It
just works.

Alternately, you can use LDAP to look up the users groups. I recommend the
tokenGroups technique discussed at the end of ch 10 of my book, which you
can download from the site in my signature.

Joe K.

--
Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services Programming"
http://www.directoryprogramming.net
--
"Patrick.O.Ige" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Thanks for the response.
> But whan i want to do is to have a textbox and when i input a AD username
> and click search
> i would like to retrieve the groups they belong to.
> But what you pointed me to uses the "WindowsIdentity" can iuse the
> User.Identity.Name?
> Thanks in Advance..
> Also is it also possible to do the vice versa..i.e input the AD GROUPS
> and then recieve the users?
> PAtrick
>
> "Dominick Baier" <dbaier@pleasepleasenospam_leastprivilege.com> wrote in
> message news: m...
>> Just use plain WindowsAuthentication - you can get all groups from the
>> WindowsIdentity that hangs off Context.User...
>>
>> http://www.leastprivilege.com/Gettin...ntInNET20.aspx
>>
>> -----
>> Dominick Baier (http://www.leastprivilege.com)
>>
>> Developing More Secure Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Applications
>> (http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/9989.asp)
>>
>>> I used the WindowsTokenRoleProvider and i was able to input my
>>> username and
>>> i retrieved all the GROUPS i belong to on my PC.
>>> I'm thinking of doing the same but against Active Directory.
>>> How can i do the same against AD?
>>> Will i have to use "AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider" and install Azman?
>>> Or
>>> iare they any other ways?
>>> I have used ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider before with my treeview
>>> for
>>> securitytimming can i use that?
>>> Thanks in Advance

>>
>>

>
>



 
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Patrick.O.Ige
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      02-23-2007
Thanks Joe for th reply.
What i have done from what Dominick adviced from
http://www.leastprivilege.com/Gettin...ntInNET20.aspx
was to use
WindowsIdentity id = (WindowsIdentity)HttpContext.Current.User.Identity
and then passed it to the grtGroups(id)
But with that i'm not passing the Logon user. i want to pass in
grtGroups(logon_user).So that a user can come in and then inputs a username
and then retrieve their AD GROUPS.
But i don't really get what you wrote about using the "userPrincipalName as
the only parameter"
Also i looked at using the tokenGroups method listed below what would i
have to do to pass logon_user
Thanks in Advance

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

//we are building an '|' clause
sb.Append("(|");

foreach (byte[] sid in user.Properties["tokenGroups"])
{
//append each member into the filter
sb.AppendFormat(
"(objectSid={0})", BuildFilterOctetString(sid));
}

//end our initial filter
sb.Append(")");

DirectoryEntry searchRoot = new DirectoryEntry(
"LDAP://DC=domain,DC=com",
null,
null,
AuthenticationTypes.Secure
);

using (searchRoot)
{
//we now have our filter, we can just search for the groups
DirectorySearcher ds = new DirectorySearcher(
searchRoot,
sb.ToString() //our filter
);

using (SearchResultCollection src = ds.FindAll())
{
foreach (SearchResult sr in src)
{
//Here is each group now...
Console.WriteLine(
sr.Properties["samAccountName"][0]);
}
}
}






"Joe Kaplan" <> wrote in message
news:...
> There are two options for this that I would consider using:
>
> If your AD is 2003 native mode and the machine that your app is running on
> is 2003 or higher, you can use protocol transition to generate a
> WindowsIdentity for a user and get their groups. Use the constructor on
> WindowsIdentity that takes the userPrincipalName as the only parameter.
> It just works.
>
> Alternately, you can use LDAP to look up the users groups. I recommend
> the tokenGroups technique discussed at the end of ch 10 of my book, which
> you can download from the site in my signature.
>
> Joe K.
>
> --
> Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
> Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services
> Programming"
> http://www.directoryprogramming.net
> --
> "Patrick.O.Ige" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Thanks for the response.
>> But whan i want to do is to have a textbox and when i input a AD username
>> and click search
>> i would like to retrieve the groups they belong to.
>> But what you pointed me to uses the "WindowsIdentity" can iuse the
>> User.Identity.Name?
>> Thanks in Advance..
>> Also is it also possible to do the vice versa..i.e input the AD GROUPS
>> and then recieve the users?
>> PAtrick
>>
>> "Dominick Baier" <dbaier@pleasepleasenospam_leastprivilege.com> wrote in
>> message news: m...
>>> Just use plain WindowsAuthentication - you can get all groups from the
>>> WindowsIdentity that hangs off Context.User...
>>>
>>> http://www.leastprivilege.com/Gettin...ntInNET20.aspx
>>>
>>> -----
>>> Dominick Baier (http://www.leastprivilege.com)
>>>
>>> Developing More Secure Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Applications
>>> (http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/9989.asp)
>>>
>>>> I used the WindowsTokenRoleProvider and i was able to input my
>>>> username and
>>>> i retrieved all the GROUPS i belong to on my PC.
>>>> I'm thinking of doing the same but against Active Directory.
>>>> How can i do the same against AD?
>>>> Will i have to use "AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider" and install Azman?
>>>> Or
>>>> iare they any other ways?
>>>> I have used ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider before with my treeview
>>>> for
>>>> securitytimming can i use that?
>>>> Thanks in Advance
>>>
>>>

>>
>>

>
>



 
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Patrick.O.Ige
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      02-23-2007
Thanks and i'm actually looking at it.
Yes, I can use Windows Auth.
Have you actually been able to pass on the logon user to retrieve AD GROUPS
user belong to.
If you have any info please let me know.
Patrick

"Craig Wagner" <> wrote in message
news:90F50BCC-6935-4996-8628-...
> I've been orking on this very thing. You might want to read the thread
> titled
> "WindowsTokenRoleProvider & Domain Groups" in this group.
>
> In short, if you can't use Windows Authentication for some reason,
> download
> the free chapter of Joe Kaplan's book available at
> http://directoryprogramming.net/default.aspx and follow the instructions
> near
> the end of the chapter.



 
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Joe Kaplan
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      02-23-2007
Patrick, the protocol transition code would look something like this:

WindowsIdentity wi = new WindowsIdentity("");
IdentityReferenceCollection groups = wi.Groups;

The userPrincipalName is the user's logon name. You would prompt them for
that. If they supply the name in a different format, you would have to
translate it to the UPN.

For the tokenGroups sample, the key is to get a DirectoryEntry object that
is bound to the user. You might do this by prompting for the user name and
then using a DirectorySearcher to find the user object in AD. Then, use
that result to build the DirectoryEntry. Reading more in ch 10 may be of
assistance here.

Joe K.

--
Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services Programming"
http://www.directoryprogramming.net
--
"Patrick.O.Ige" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Thanks Joe for th reply.
> What i have done from what Dominick adviced from
> http://www.leastprivilege.com/Gettin...ntInNET20.aspx
> was to use
> WindowsIdentity id = (WindowsIdentity)HttpContext.Current.User.Identity
> and then passed it to the grtGroups(id)
> But with that i'm not passing the Logon user. i want to pass in
> grtGroups(logon_user).So that a user can come in and then inputs a
> username
> and then retrieve their AD GROUPS.
> But i don't really get what you wrote about using the "userPrincipalName
> as the only parameter"
> Also i looked at using the tokenGroups method listed below what would i
> have to do to pass logon_user
> Thanks in Advance
>
> StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
>
> //we are building an '|' clause
> sb.Append("(|");
>
> foreach (byte[] sid in user.Properties["tokenGroups"])
> {
> //append each member into the filter
> sb.AppendFormat(
> "(objectSid={0})", BuildFilterOctetString(sid));
> }
>
> //end our initial filter
> sb.Append(")");
>
> DirectoryEntry searchRoot = new DirectoryEntry(
> "LDAP://DC=domain,DC=com",
> null,
> null,
> AuthenticationTypes.Secure
> );
>
> using (searchRoot)
> {
> //we now have our filter, we can just search for the groups
> DirectorySearcher ds = new DirectorySearcher(
> searchRoot,
> sb.ToString() //our filter
> );
>
> using (SearchResultCollection src = ds.FindAll())
> {
> foreach (SearchResult sr in src)
> {
> //Here is each group now...
> Console.WriteLine(
> sr.Properties["samAccountName"][0]);
> }
> }
> }
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Joe Kaplan" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> There are two options for this that I would consider using:
>>
>> If your AD is 2003 native mode and the machine that your app is running
>> on is 2003 or higher, you can use protocol transition to generate a
>> WindowsIdentity for a user and get their groups. Use the constructor on
>> WindowsIdentity that takes the userPrincipalName as the only parameter.
>> It just works.
>>
>> Alternately, you can use LDAP to look up the users groups. I recommend
>> the tokenGroups technique discussed at the end of ch 10 of my book, which
>> you can download from the site in my signature.
>>
>> Joe K.
>>
>> --
>> Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
>> Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services
>> Programming"
>> http://www.directoryprogramming.net
>> --
>> "Patrick.O.Ige" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Thanks for the response.
>>> But whan i want to do is to have a textbox and when i input a AD
>>> username and click search
>>> i would like to retrieve the groups they belong to.
>>> But what you pointed me to uses the "WindowsIdentity" can iuse the
>>> User.Identity.Name?
>>> Thanks in Advance..
>>> Also is it also possible to do the vice versa..i.e input the AD GROUPS
>>> and then recieve the users?
>>> PAtrick
>>>
>>> "Dominick Baier" <dbaier@pleasepleasenospam_leastprivilege.com> wrote in
>>> message news: m...
>>>> Just use plain WindowsAuthentication - you can get all groups from the
>>>> WindowsIdentity that hangs off Context.User...
>>>>
>>>> http://www.leastprivilege.com/Gettin...ntInNET20.aspx
>>>>
>>>> -----
>>>> Dominick Baier (http://www.leastprivilege.com)
>>>>
>>>> Developing More Secure Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Applications
>>>> (http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/9989.asp)
>>>>
>>>>> I used the WindowsTokenRoleProvider and i was able to input my
>>>>> username and
>>>>> i retrieved all the GROUPS i belong to on my PC.
>>>>> I'm thinking of doing the same but against Active Directory.
>>>>> How can i do the same against AD?
>>>>> Will i have to use "AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider" and install Azman?
>>>>> Or
>>>>> iare they any other ways?
>>>>> I have used ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider before with my treeview
>>>>> for
>>>>> securitytimming can i use that?
>>>>> Thanks in Advance
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>

>>
>>

>
>



 
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Patrick.O.Ige
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      02-26-2007
Yeah Joe..
I tried you idea but 'm getting error SSPI status code error:
SEC_E_NO_S4U_PROT_SUPPORT
"The Kerberos subsystem encountered an error. A service for user protocol
request was made against a domain controller which does not support service
for a user."
My only guess for now is that our domain is still on WINDOWS 2000.
Could that be the reason and do you have any idea what might be wrong?
Thanks in Advance
Patrick.


"Joe Kaplan" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Patrick, the protocol transition code would look something like this:
>
> WindowsIdentity wi = new WindowsIdentity("");
> IdentityReferenceCollection groups = wi.Groups;
>
> The userPrincipalName is the user's logon name. You would prompt them for
> that. If they supply the name in a different format, you would have to
> translate it to the UPN.
>
> For the tokenGroups sample, the key is to get a DirectoryEntry object that
> is bound to the user. You might do this by prompting for the user name
> and then using a DirectorySearcher to find the user object in AD. Then,
> use that result to build the DirectoryEntry. Reading more in ch 10 may be
> of assistance here.
>
> Joe K.
>
> --
> Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
> Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services
> Programming"
> http://www.directoryprogramming.net
> --
> "Patrick.O.Ige" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Thanks Joe for th reply.
>> What i have done from what Dominick adviced from
>> http://www.leastprivilege.com/Gettin...ntInNET20.aspx
>> was to use
>> WindowsIdentity id = (WindowsIdentity)HttpContext.Current.User.Identity
>> and then passed it to the grtGroups(id)
>> But with that i'm not passing the Logon user. i want to pass in
>> grtGroups(logon_user).So that a user can come in and then inputs a
>> username
>> and then retrieve their AD GROUPS.
>> But i don't really get what you wrote about using the "userPrincipalName
>> as the only parameter"
>> Also i looked at using the tokenGroups method listed below what would i
>> have to do to pass logon_user
>> Thanks in Advance
>>
>> StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
>>
>> //we are building an '|' clause
>> sb.Append("(|");
>>
>> foreach (byte[] sid in user.Properties["tokenGroups"])
>> {
>> //append each member into the filter
>> sb.AppendFormat(
>> "(objectSid={0})", BuildFilterOctetString(sid));
>> }
>>
>> //end our initial filter
>> sb.Append(")");
>>
>> DirectoryEntry searchRoot = new DirectoryEntry(
>> "LDAP://DC=domain,DC=com",
>> null,
>> null,
>> AuthenticationTypes.Secure
>> );
>>
>> using (searchRoot)
>> {
>> //we now have our filter, we can just search for the groups
>> DirectorySearcher ds = new DirectorySearcher(
>> searchRoot,
>> sb.ToString() //our filter
>> );
>>
>> using (SearchResultCollection src = ds.FindAll())
>> {
>> foreach (SearchResult sr in src)
>> {
>> //Here is each group now...
>> Console.WriteLine(
>> sr.Properties["samAccountName"][0]);
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Joe Kaplan" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> There are two options for this that I would consider using:
>>>
>>> If your AD is 2003 native mode and the machine that your app is running
>>> on is 2003 or higher, you can use protocol transition to generate a
>>> WindowsIdentity for a user and get their groups. Use the constructor on
>>> WindowsIdentity that takes the userPrincipalName as the only parameter.
>>> It just works.
>>>
>>> Alternately, you can use LDAP to look up the users groups. I recommend
>>> the tokenGroups technique discussed at the end of ch 10 of my book,
>>> which you can download from the site in my signature.
>>>
>>> Joe K.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
>>> Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services
>>> Programming"
>>> http://www.directoryprogramming.net
>>> --
>>> "Patrick.O.Ige" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>> But whan i want to do is to have a textbox and when i input a AD
>>>> username and click search
>>>> i would like to retrieve the groups they belong to.
>>>> But what you pointed me to uses the "WindowsIdentity" can iuse the
>>>> User.Identity.Name?
>>>> Thanks in Advance..
>>>> Also is it also possible to do the vice versa..i.e input the AD GROUPS
>>>> and then recieve the users?
>>>> PAtrick
>>>>
>>>> "Dominick Baier" <dbaier@pleasepleasenospam_leastprivilege.com> wrote
>>>> in message news: m...
>>>>> Just use plain WindowsAuthentication - you can get all groups from the
>>>>> WindowsIdentity that hangs off Context.User...
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.leastprivilege.com/Gettin...ntInNET20.aspx
>>>>>
>>>>> -----
>>>>> Dominick Baier (http://www.leastprivilege.com)
>>>>>
>>>>> Developing More Secure Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Applications
>>>>> (http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/9989.asp)
>>>>>
>>>>>> I used the WindowsTokenRoleProvider and i was able to input my
>>>>>> username and
>>>>>> i retrieved all the GROUPS i belong to on my PC.
>>>>>> I'm thinking of doing the same but against Active Directory.
>>>>>> How can i do the same against AD?
>>>>>> Will i have to use "AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider" and install
>>>>>> Azman?
>>>>>> Or
>>>>>> iare they any other ways?
>>>>>> I have used ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider before with my treeview
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> securitytimming can i use that?
>>>>>> Thanks in Advance
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>

>>
>>

>
>



 
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Joe Kaplan
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      02-26-2007
That sounds like the reason. Ask your admins or use ldp.exe to do a rootDSE
query to see what the domain and forest functional levels are.

It sounds like you'll need to do an LDAP query, so better check out that
tokenGroups code.

Joe K.

--
Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services Programming"
http://www.directoryprogramming.net
--
"Patrick.O.Ige" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Yeah Joe..
> I tried you idea but 'm getting error SSPI status code error:
> SEC_E_NO_S4U_PROT_SUPPORT
> "The Kerberos subsystem encountered an error. A service for user protocol
> request was made against a domain controller which does not support
> service for a user."
> My only guess for now is that our domain is still on WINDOWS 2000.
> Could that be the reason and do you have any idea what might be wrong?
> Thanks in Advance
> Patrick.
>
>
> "Joe Kaplan" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Patrick, the protocol transition code would look something like this:
>>
>> WindowsIdentity wi = new WindowsIdentity("");
>> IdentityReferenceCollection groups = wi.Groups;
>>
>> The userPrincipalName is the user's logon name. You would prompt them
>> for that. If they supply the name in a different format, you would have
>> to translate it to the UPN.
>>
>> For the tokenGroups sample, the key is to get a DirectoryEntry object
>> that is bound to the user. You might do this by prompting for the user
>> name and then using a DirectorySearcher to find the user object in AD.
>> Then, use that result to build the DirectoryEntry. Reading more in ch 10
>> may be of assistance here.
>>
>> Joe K.
>>
>> --
>> Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
>> Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services
>> Programming"
>> http://www.directoryprogramming.net
>> --
>> "Patrick.O.Ige" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Thanks Joe for th reply.
>>> What i have done from what Dominick adviced from
>>> http://www.leastprivilege.com/Gettin...ntInNET20.aspx
>>> was to use
>>> WindowsIdentity id = (WindowsIdentity)HttpContext.Current.User.Identity
>>> and then passed it to the grtGroups(id)
>>> But with that i'm not passing the Logon user. i want to pass in
>>> grtGroups(logon_user).So that a user can come in and then inputs a
>>> username
>>> and then retrieve their AD GROUPS.
>>> But i don't really get what you wrote about using the "userPrincipalName
>>> as the only parameter"
>>> Also i looked at using the tokenGroups method listed below what would i
>>> have to do to pass logon_user
>>> Thanks in Advance
>>>
>>> StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
>>>
>>> //we are building an '|' clause
>>> sb.Append("(|");
>>>
>>> foreach (byte[] sid in user.Properties["tokenGroups"])
>>> {
>>> //append each member into the filter
>>> sb.AppendFormat(
>>> "(objectSid={0})", BuildFilterOctetString(sid));
>>> }
>>>
>>> //end our initial filter
>>> sb.Append(")");
>>>
>>> DirectoryEntry searchRoot = new DirectoryEntry(
>>> "LDAP://DC=domain,DC=com",
>>> null,
>>> null,
>>> AuthenticationTypes.Secure
>>> );
>>>
>>> using (searchRoot)
>>> {
>>> //we now have our filter, we can just search for the groups
>>> DirectorySearcher ds = new DirectorySearcher(
>>> searchRoot,
>>> sb.ToString() //our filter
>>> );
>>>
>>> using (SearchResultCollection src = ds.FindAll())
>>> {
>>> foreach (SearchResult sr in src)
>>> {
>>> //Here is each group now...
>>> Console.WriteLine(
>>> sr.Properties["samAccountName"][0]);
>>> }
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Joe Kaplan" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> There are two options for this that I would consider using:
>>>>
>>>> If your AD is 2003 native mode and the machine that your app is running
>>>> on is 2003 or higher, you can use protocol transition to generate a
>>>> WindowsIdentity for a user and get their groups. Use the constructor
>>>> on WindowsIdentity that takes the userPrincipalName as the only
>>>> parameter. It just works.
>>>>
>>>> Alternately, you can use LDAP to look up the users groups. I recommend
>>>> the tokenGroups technique discussed at the end of ch 10 of my book,
>>>> which you can download from the site in my signature.
>>>>
>>>> Joe K.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
>>>> Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services
>>>> Programming"
>>>> http://www.directoryprogramming.net
>>>> --
>>>> "Patrick.O.Ige" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>>> But whan i want to do is to have a textbox and when i input a AD
>>>>> username and click search
>>>>> i would like to retrieve the groups they belong to.
>>>>> But what you pointed me to uses the "WindowsIdentity" can iuse the
>>>>> User.Identity.Name?
>>>>> Thanks in Advance..
>>>>> Also is it also possible to do the vice versa..i.e input the AD
>>>>> GROUPS and then recieve the users?
>>>>> PAtrick
>>>>>
>>>>> "Dominick Baier" <dbaier@pleasepleasenospam_leastprivilege.com> wrote
>>>>> in message news: m...
>>>>>> Just use plain WindowsAuthentication - you can get all groups from
>>>>>> the WindowsIdentity that hangs off Context.User...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.leastprivilege.com/Gettin...ntInNET20.aspx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----
>>>>>> Dominick Baier (http://www.leastprivilege.com)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Developing More Secure Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Applications
>>>>>> (http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/9989.asp)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I used the WindowsTokenRoleProvider and i was able to input my
>>>>>>> username and
>>>>>>> i retrieved all the GROUPS i belong to on my PC.
>>>>>>> I'm thinking of doing the same but against Active Directory.
>>>>>>> How can i do the same against AD?
>>>>>>> Will i have to use "AuthorizationStoreRoleProvider" and install
>>>>>>> Azman?
>>>>>>> Or
>>>>>>> iare they any other ways?
>>>>>>> I have used ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider before with my
>>>>>>> treeview
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> securitytimming can i use that?
>>>>>>> Thanks in Advance
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