NetRacer,
You still use the Active Directory components & namespace for NT4, however
you need to use the WINNT provider (instead of the LDAP provider). For
details on the different providers, the following may be a good starting
point.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ectoryADSI.asp
Unfortunately I don't have a sample handy...
Hope this helps
Jay
"NetRacer" <ne******@netspeedway.net> wrote in message
news:d6*************@news.t-online.com...
| hmm... we have no ActiveDirectory here, only a simple NT4 domain. is it
| somehow possible with this, too?
|
|
| "Tom Edelbrok" <an*******@anonymous.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
| news:vo5he.37914$0X6.6311@edtnps90...
| > Yes, you can obtain users and groups from Active Directory. We're doing
| > authentication from within VB.NET against Server 2003.
| >
| > Take a look at the following:
| >
| > DirectoryEntry
| > DirectorySearcher
| > SearchResultCollection
| > SearchResult
| >
| > Specify your LDAP root.
| >
| > Regards,
| >
| > Tom
| >
| >
| >
| > "NetRacer" <ne******@netspeedway.net> wrote in message
| > news:d6*************@news.t-online.com...
| >> i'm checking the logged on user at start of my program. if the user is
| >> not in my database (e.g. he uses his private notebook instead of the
| >> company desktop), i want to show a login screen where he can enter his
| >> windows username and password. can i somehow send this to the logon
| >> server to check if they are correct or do i have to enter passwords
| >> manually to my database (i want to avoid this)?
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
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