Hi All, I created a web application which uses form authentication to authenticate windows credentials. I followed this article http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q316748 but i am getting exception because of the the LDAP path ("The server is not operational"). I creted a virtual directory to run this solution and the path is http://localhost/auth. I could not figure out how to write the LDAP path. Thanks.

The ldap path will be something like this "LDAP://DC=microsoft,DC=com" (if your domain was microsoft.com). You can also search sublevels such as OUs -> "LDAP://OU=Communications,OU=Staff,DC=microsoft,DC=com" with each level being appended to the front. You can also prefix it with a specific machine name -> LDAP://myDc.microsoft.com/DC=microsoft,DC=com

This also might help -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x8wxt72e(VS.71).aspx

have fun!

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Thanks for the reply but i couldn't still figure out the problem. Do i have to have a domain name to use this LDAP or do i have to work on a server (windows server 2003)?

 I would, at least to verify all is working, use the FQDN of the DC that you are trying to access. That way you can see if there might be another issue:

ex - you are in the domain myCompany.com and your dc is DC1:

LDAP://DC1.myCompany.com/DC=myCompany,DC=com

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Thank you very very much. I checked my FQDN from Primary DNS Suffix which i get from cmd -> ipconfig/all. LDAP://myCompany.com was enough for me! Cheers.

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