Question

i am using role provider and have it managing users on my intranet via their windows logins.
how can i pull their email address and maybe some other user content from asp.net using their user info?

do i need to hook into active directory? a sample fir this would be great if this is the way to go

thanks all

Answer 1

i folks, here is how you can pull any data points from Active Directory. in my code i get the user’s email

SELECT mail FROM 'LDAP://DC=Domain,DC=win,DC=ml,dc=COM' WHERE samaccountname = 'userName'

              System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection con;
              System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter da;
              System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand cmd;
              System.Data.DataTable dt = new System.Data.DataTable();

              con = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection("Provider=ADsDSOObject;dsn=Active Directory Provider");
              con.Open();

              //                Create a command object on this connection

              cmd = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand(this.tbQuery.Text, con);
              da = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter();
              da.SelectCommand = cmd;

              try
              {
                    da.Fill(dt);
                    this.dgResults.DataSource = dt;
              }
              catch (System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException exc)
              {
                    MessageBox.Show(exc.Message);
              }
              con.Close();