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TheBoubou
TheBoubou

Reputation: 19933

Active Directory : Get all "Security Group"

I'd like to get all groups "Security Groups" available in the Active Diectory.

Any idea ?

Thanks,

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3500

Answers (2)

Ramesh Rajendran
Ramesh Rajendran

Reputation: 38713

Try this way 

           DirectoryEntry ent1 = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://" + _path, 
           "adminUser", "***********");

            DirectorySearcher dSearch = new DirectorySearcher(ent1);

            dSearch.Filter = "(&(objectClass=group))";

            dSearch.SearchScope = SearchScope.Subtree;

            SearchResultCollection results = dSearch.FindAll();
            List<string> groupNames = new List<string>();

            for (int i = 0; i < results.Count; i++)
            {
                DirectoryEntry de = results[i].GetDirectoryEntry();

                groupNames.Add(de.Name.Replace("CN=", ""));


            }

It's working for me :)

Upvotes: 0

marc_s
marc_s

Reputation: 755531

Since you're on .NET 3.5 or higher, you can use a PrincipalSearcher and a "query-by-example" principal to do your searching:

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

// define a "query-by-example" principal - here, we search for a GroupPrincipal 
// with the security group flag set
GroupPrincipal qbeGroup = new GroupPrincipal(ctx);
qbeGroup.IsSecurityGroup = true;

// create your principal searcher passing in the QBE principal    
PrincipalSearcher srch = new PrincipalSearcher(qbeGroup);

// find all matches
foreach(var found in srch.FindAll())
{
    // do whatever here - "found" is of type "Principal" - it could be user, group, computer.....          
}

If you haven't already - absolutely read the MSDN article Managing Directory Security Principals in the .NET Framework 3.5 which shows nicely how to make the best use of the new features in System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement

Upvotes: 3

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