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twal
twal

Reputation: 7039

Getting Active Directory Info when using Windows Authentication?

I am using Windows authentication on my asp.net MVC 3 app. Is there any way possible to get the users information out of active directory?

I know I can user User.Name.Identity and that works for the login name. But what about getting the Users First Name, Last Name and even the Description or Office all from active directory. Is this possible through .net?

Upvotes: 13

Views: 26812

Answers (4)

Pete
Pete

Reputation: 1261

In my environment I had to add this to the section in Web.config:

<identity impersonate="true" />

Upvotes: 0

Kevin Kalitowski
Kevin Kalitowski

Reputation: 6989

If your code is running under the context of the user that you need information for, it gets even lighter (i.e. Windows Authentication):

//Must reference System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement
var user = UserPrincipal.Current;

var firstName = user.GivenName;
var lastName = user.Surname;

Upvotes: 5

marc_s
marc_s

Reputation: 754388

Of course!! If you're using .NET 3.5 or up, it's actually pretty easy.

Basically, use the System.DirectoryServices.AccoutManagement namespace (read all about it here: Managing Directory Security Principals in the .NET Framework 3.5).

Then: you need to "find" the user and grab it's properties - use code something like this:

// create domain context
PrincipalContext ctx = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain);

// find the user
UserPrincipal user = UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity(ctx, "username");

if(user != null)
{
    // access the user's properties in a nice, object-oriented way
}

Upvotes: 23

bhamby
bhamby

Reputation: 15450

Sounds like you may want to use the System.DirectoryServices namespace. Here's a guide on how you can read properties of a Directory object.

Upvotes: 1

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