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  jepaulin

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  Unable to get ADSI info from localhost site

  Jul 22, 2011 07:32 PM|LINK

  Hi,

  I am running this method from my Visual Studio 2010 application to retreive AD user names without any issues (it is returning the ADSI user's full name) :

          public static string GetFullName(string strLogin)
          {
              string str = "";
              string strDomain;
              string strName;

              // Parse the string to check if domain name is present.
              int idx = strLogin.IndexOf('\\');
              if (idx == -1)
              {
                  idx = strLogin.IndexOf('@');
              }

              if (idx != -1)
              {
                  strDomain = strLogin.Substring(0, idx);
                  strName = strLogin.Substring(idx + 1);
              }
              else
              {
                  strDomain = Environment.MachineName;
                  strName = strLogin;
              }

              DirectoryEntry obDirEntry = null;
              try
              {
                  obDirEntry = new DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" + strDomain + "/" + strName);
                  System.DirectoryServices.PropertyCollection coll = obDirEntry.Properties;
                  object obVal = coll["FullName"].Value;
                  str = obVal.ToString();
              }
              catch (Exception ex)
              {
                  str = ex.Message;
              }
              return str;
          }

  I have setup IIS on the same pc from which I am running Visual Studio so I am able to run my application from http://localhost.

  The application runs fine except that I am not able to read from ADSI even if the IIS is sitting on the same pc.

  The error is (in french) : Le chemin réseau n'a pas été trouvé.

  Which is probably something like this in english : The network path was not found.

  I am probably missing a setting but I've spent too much time now to try to get it to work... Can anyone help me resolving this?

  Thanks!!

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  ignatandrei

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  Re: Unable to get ADSI info from localhost site

  Jul 22, 2011 07:37 PM|LINK

  for sure is the line

  jepaulin

  obDirEntry = new DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" + strDomain + "/" + strName);

  Please talk with your sysadmin if the path is correct

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  • Marked as answer by Jerry Weng - MSFT on Aug 07, 2011 02:38 AM