Directory Programming .NET

Hi!

I want to implement an AD search in C#  using the LdapConnection and SearchRequest/SearchResponse objects.

As I don't know other information about the search object than its account name, I want to start my search in the root DN by doing this:

SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest(null, ldapSearchFilter, SearchScope.Subtree,attributesToReturn);

This doesn't work.

I think it would work if i could provide the real root DN of the server. Is there a way to get it from the host name programmatically?

Thanks!

Try changing the first parameter to an empty string instead of NULL.

If you've got a disjoint namesspace and only want to search from the root, your first call should be to the RootDSE to get the rootDomainNamingContext. This is necessary since a global catalog can be any server in the forest so if you don't define, your default connection may be to a GC in a child domain and your default search may start in the child domain's context.

SearchRequest("", "objectClass=*", SearchScope.Base, attributes)

The your subsequent subtree searches can start at the defined rootDomainNamingContext.