Searching a Specific OU...

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I have some code that works great, however it returns all
Groups within AD, but I only need it to return Groups that
are in a Specific OU.

I tried setting a filter on the search to that OU's DN, but then
it only returned that DN.

What's the best way using what I currently have?

Here's the basic code...

DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://ww.xx.yy.zz","Username",
"Password", AuthenticationTypes.Secure);

DirectorySearcher dSearch = new DirectorySearcher(entry);
dSearch.Filter = "(&(objectClass=group))";

foreach(SearchResult sResultSet in dSearch.FindAll())
{
WHAT TO DO
}

That's the gist of it.

Any pointers would be appreciated.

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

"Joe" <Jo*@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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>I have some code that works great, however it returns all
Groups within AD, but I only need it to return Groups that
are in a Specific OU.

I tried setting a filter on the search to that OU's DN, but then
it only returned that DN.

What's the best way using what I currently have?

Here's the basic code...

DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://ww.xx.yy.zz","Username",
"Password", AuthenticationTypes.Secure);

DirectorySearcher dSearch = new DirectorySearcher(entry);
dSearch.Filter = "(&(objectClass=group))";

foreach(SearchResult sResultSet in dSearch.FindAll())
{
WHAT TO DO
}

That's the gist of it.

Any pointers would be appreciated.

Set the OU as root of the object your are binding to ...

DirectoryEntry entry = DirectoryEntry(LDAP://domain/ou=SomeOU, DC=xxx,DC=yyy,DC=zzz", ...;

Willy.

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Willy,

Thanks. I had tried that, but was using the wrong format.

Works great.

"Willy Denoyette [MVP]" wrote:

"Joe" <Jo*@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:41**********************************@microsof t.com...

I have some code that works great, however it returns all
Groups within AD, but I only need it to return Groups that
are in a Specific OU.

I tried setting a filter on the search to that OU's DN, but then
it only returned that DN.

What's the best way using what I currently have?

Here's the basic code...

DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://ww.xx.yy.zz","Username",
"Password", AuthenticationTypes.Secure);

DirectorySearcher dSearch = new DirectorySearcher(entry);
dSearch.Filter = "(&(objectClass=group))";

foreach(SearchResult sResultSet in dSearch.FindAll())
{
WHAT TO DO
}

That's the gist of it.

Any pointers would be appreciated.

Set the OU as root of the object your are binding to ...

DirectoryEntry entry = DirectoryEntry(LDAP://domain/ou=SomeOU, DC=xxx,DC=yyy,DC=zzz", ...;

Willy.