"Nathan" <Nathan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E96C3D8B-85E1-4553-9631-55FD9AAD4C78@microsoft.com...
> Joe, sorry to sound thick but which part of the string is the DNS name?
>
> "Joe Kaplan (MVP - ADSI)" wrote:
>
>> You usually get that error when the DN (the part after the DNS name) you
>> specified doesn't point to a real object. Are you sure the DN in your
>> path
>> is correct?
>>
>> Joe K.
>>
>> "Nathan" <Nathan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:37546518-03D5-470B-8E9F-292E06BBE7A6@microsoft.com...
>> > The error occurs on the line listBox1.Items.Add("Groups to which {0}
>> > belongs:"+ oUser.Name);
>> >
>> > Stack trace is as follows
>> >
>> > "System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80072030): There is no
>> > such
>> > object on the server
>> > at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail)
>> > at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind()
>> > at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.get_Name()
>> > at Groups.Form1.button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in
>> > c:\\dev\\visual studio projects\\groups\\form1.cs:line 135"
>> >
>> > I know our domain is ActiveDirectory as our existing VB6 app uses
>> > similar
>> > code to retrieve users groups, what COM object is it trying to get?
>> >
>> >
>> > "Joe Kaplan (MVP - ADSI)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> That approach won't get you all the groups for the user (nested
>> >> membership
>> >> and primary group will be excluded), but it should work. What error
>> >> are
>> >> you
>> >> getting (full stace trace)?
>> >>
>> >> Joe K.
>> >>
>> >> "Nathan" <Nathan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:965A5908-E59E-493A-8FDB-4B903DDCC67C@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I am attempting for find the groups that a user is associated with
>> >> >but
>> >> >all
>> >> > the examples I come across don't work. I'm unsure as to whether it
>> >> > is
>> >> > due
>> >> > to
>> >> > permissions on our network or if I'm constructing the path to use
>> >> > incorrectly.
>> >> >
>> >> > Below is C# code I found that should list the groups for a given
>> >> > user,
>> >> > I've
>> >> > ommitted the actual values for my network for obvious reasons,
>> >> > instead
>> >> > I've
>> >> > used a domain which would be abc.def.net as the domain I am
>> >> > accessing.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any help on either why this is not working or examples that I can
>> >> > use
>> >> > would
>> >> > be great.
>> >> >
>> >> > Nathan
>> >> >
>> >> > string strUserADsPath = "LDAP://abc.def.net/cn=" +textBox1.Text
>> >> > +",cn=users,dc=abc,dc=def,dc=net";
>> >> > DirectoryEntry oUser;
>> >> > oUser = new DirectoryEntry(strUserADsPath);
>> >> > listBox1.Items.Add("Groups to which {0} belongs:"+ oUser.Name);
>> >> >
>> >> > // Invoke IADsUser::Groups method.
>> >> > object groups = oUser.Invoke("Groups");
>> >> > foreach ( object group in (IEnumerable)groups)
>> >> > {
>> >> > // Get the Directory Entry.
>> >> > DirectoryEntry groupEntry = new DirectoryEntry(group);
>> >> > listBox1.Items.Add(groupEntry.Name);
>> >> > }
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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