using System;
using System.DirectoryServices;
public class RenameObject
{
public static void Main()
{
DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry(
"LDAP://192.168.1.100/ou=auditing, ou=accounting, dc=ispnet1, dc=net",
"cn=Administrator, dc=ispnet1, dc=net", "password",
AuthenticationTypes.ServerBind);
DirectoryEntries des = de.Children;
DirectoryEntry badObject = des.Find("cn=test");
badObject.Rename("cn=testing");
de.CommitChanges();
de.Close();
}
}
Month: February 2011
DirectoryEntry and DirectoryEntries
using System;
using System.DirectoryServices;
public class RemoveObject
{
public static void Main()
{
DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry(
"LDAP://192.168.1.100/ou=accounting, dc=ispnet1, dc=net",
"cn=Administrator, dc=ispnet1, dc=net", "password",
AuthenticationTypes.ServerBind);
DirectoryEntries children = de.Children;
try
{
DirectoryEntry badObject = children.Find("ou=auditing");
children.Remove(badObject);
de.CommitChanges();
Console.WriteLine("the object was removed");
} catch (Exception)
{
Console.WriteLine("the object was not found");
}
}
}
DirectoryServices:Modify Property
using System;
using System.DirectoryServices;
public class ModifyProperty
{
public static void Main()
{
DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry(
"LDAP://192.168.1.100/cn=kblum, ou=sales, dc=ispnet1, dc=net",
"cn=Administrator, dc=ispnet1, dc=net", "password",
AuthenticationTypes.ServerBind);
de.Properties["sn"][0] = "Mullen";
de.CommitChanges();
Console.WriteLine("New property value: {0}", de.Properties["sn"][0]);
de.Close();
}
}
DirectoryEntry : List Objects
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.DirectoryServices;
public class ListObjects
{
public static void Main()
{
DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry(
"LDAP://192.168.1.100/dc=ispnet1, dc=net");
Console.WriteLine(de.Path);
DirectoryEntries des = de.Children;
foreach(DirectoryEntry entry in des)
{
Console.WriteLine(" child: " + entry.Name);
}
}
}
retrieves Active Directory information
using System;
using System.DirectoryServices;
public class Example21_16
{
public static void Main()
{
// connect to AD
DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry(
"WinNT://DomanName/MachineName", "Administrator", "Password");
foreach(DirectoryEntry child in de.Children)
{
Console.WriteLine(child.SchemaClassName + ": " + child.Name);
}
}
}
DirectoryServices DirectoryEntry
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.DirectoryServices;
using System.DirectoryServices.Protocols;
public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
using (DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry()) {
de.Path = "LDAP://yourSite/rootDSE";
de.Username = @"explorerchris";
de.Password = "password";
PropertyCollection props = de.Properties;
foreach (string prop in props.PropertyNames) {
PropertyValueCollection values = props[prop];
foreach (string val in values) {
Console.Write(prop + ": ");
Console.WriteLine(val);
}
}
}
}
}
Using DirectorySearcher
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.DirectoryServices;
public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
using (DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://yourV/OU=yourV, DC=explorer, DC=local"))
using (DirectorySearcher searcher = new DirectorySearcher()) {
de.Username = @"exploreryourName";
de.Password = "password";
searcher.SearchRoot = de;
searcher.Filter = "(&(objectClass=user)(description=Auth*))";
searcher.SearchScope = System.DirectoryServices.SearchScope.Subtree;
searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("name");
searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("description");
searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("givenName");
searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("wWWHomePage");
searcher.Sort = new SortOption("givenName", SortDirection.Ascending);
SearchResultCollection results = searcher.FindAll();
foreach (SearchResult result in results) {
ResultPropertyCollection props = result.Properties;
foreach (string propName in props.PropertyNames) {
Console.Write(propName + ": ");
Console.WriteLine(props[propName][0]);
}
}
}
}
}

