Hi everyone,
Sorry for cross posting, but I wanted to try and put this where it would
be more visible to everyone... :-)
I need to find a way to be able to search for entries in our ADS tree. I
have it working, but I have to pass it my username/password in order to
search it. What I would like to do is pass the username/password to the
DirectoryEntry as parameters without having to hard code a
username/password. I know how to get the username, but how can I pass the
password (i.e. how can I get the password in order to pass it?). For
example:
strUsername = "UserA"
strAuthUsername = "Admin" <--- Hard coded = BAD
strAuthPassword = "Password" <--- Hard coded = BAD
strDomain = "ADS"
strServer = "ads.somewhere.com"
strFilter = ""
Public Shared Function GetUser_DirectoryEntry(ByVal strUsername As
String, ByVal strAuthUsername As String, ByVal strAuthPassword As String,
ByVal strDomain As String, ByVal strServer As String, ByVal strFilter As
String) As DirectoryEntry
Dim strLoginName As String = String.Format("{0}\{1}",
strDomain.Trim, strAuthUsername.Trim)
Dim deSearchRoot As New
DirectoryEntry(String.Format("LDAP://{0}", strDomain.Trim), strLoginName,
strAuthPassword.Trim, AuthenticationTypes.Secure)
Dim de As DirectoryEntry
Try
Dim dsUser As DirectorySearcher = New
DirectorySearcher(deSearchRoot,
String.Format("(&(objectCategory=person)(sAMAccoun tName={0}))",
strUsername.Trim))
Dim srcUser As SearchResultCollection = dsUser.FindAll()
If IsNothing(srcUser) Then
Throw New Utilities.ExceptionHandler("Could not find
user in ADS tree")
Else
de = srcUser(0).GetDirectoryEntry
End If
Catch ex As Exception
Return Nothing
End Try
Return de
End Function
Thanks for any assistance!
Chad 2 1267
On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 11:57:17 -0500, "Chad Beckner" <cb******@iupui.edu>
wrote: username/password. I know how to get the username, but how can I pass the password (i.e. how can I get the password in order to pass it?). For example:
Hi Chad,
Are you saying you want to retrieve a user's password given thier
username? You won't find a way to do that, but you could store the
username and password in the .config or another configuration file in
an encrypted form.
In ASP.NET you could also impersonate a fixed identity by specifying a
username / password in web.config (and this section also supports
encryption). Impersonation will work if the identity is trusted on the
other domain.
--
Scott http://www.OdeToCode.com/blogs/scott/
No, I don't want to retrieve it, but be able to "use" it to query ADS based
on "their" credentials, instead of having hard coded username & password.
P.S. This "function" will also be run in ASP.NET, but I also need this to
work in a WinForm VB.NET app. :-)
Chad
"Scott Allen" <sc***@nospam.odetocode.com> wrote in message
news:4s********************************@4ax.com... On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 11:57:17 -0500, "Chad Beckner" <cb******@iupui.edu> wrote:
username/password. I know how to get the username, but how can I pass the password (i.e. how can I get the password in order to pass it?). For example:
Hi Chad,
Are you saying you want to retrieve a user's password given thier username? You won't find a way to do that, but you could store the username and password in the .config or another configuration file in an encrypted form.
In ASP.NET you could also impersonate a fixed identity by specifying a username / password in web.config (and this section also supports encryption). Impersonation will work if the identity is trusted on the other domain.
-- Scott http://www.OdeToCode.com/blogs/scott/ This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics
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