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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