Question

I am trying to query Active directory for a user to get a list of details:
1. First/Last Name
2. Email
3. UserName
4. Domain

I am able to get all except for the domain name. Here is my code:

    Dim oroot As DirectoryEntry = New DirectoryEntry("GC://ldap.someCompany.com")
    Dim osearcher As DirectorySearcher = New DirectorySearcher(oroot)
    Dim result As SearchResult

    osearcher.Filter = String.Format("(&(SAMAccountName={0}))", "myUsername")
    osearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("cn")
    osearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("SAMAccountName")   'Users login name  
    osearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("givenName")    'Users first name  
    osearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("sn")   'Users sur name  
    osearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("mail")   'Email address

    result = osearcher.FindOne

    Try
        myUser.UserID = result.Properties("cn").Item(0)
        myUser.Domain = ""
        myUser.EmailAddress = result.Properties("mail").Item(0)
        myUser.FirstName = result.Properties("givenName").Item(0)
        myUser.LastName = result.Properties("sn").Item(0)
        myUser.Domain = result.Properties("displayName").Item(0)

    Catch ex As Exception
        Return Nothing
    End Try

This returns this string: GC://ldap.someCompany.com/CN=FirstName M LastName,OU=Employees,OU=Domain Users,DC=val1,DC=val2,DC=com

So, I have two questions. First, how do I get the domain name of the user? It appears to be in DC= (where I have val1)
Second, is there anyway to speed this search up? Right now, it takes about 10 seconds to run the query.

I am using .net 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010
Thanks for any help

jason

Answer 1

Strart from right and read the DC components, then you have the realm/domain of the account. See RFC2247.