hi can you help me connect to my sun1 directory server for LDAP here is my code and It doesn't work. It fails to bind... Dim objsearch As New DirectoryEntry("ldap://ldap.myldap.edu/ou=People,dc=myldap,dc=edu") Dim searcher As New DirectorySearcher(objsearch) searcher.Filter = "uid=validuser" searcher.SearchScope = SearchScope.Subtree searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("uid") Dim sr As SearchResult = searcher.FindOne Dim mystring As String = sr.Properties("uid")(0).ToString() End Sub Thanks in advance... PS: it allows anonymous logon so I don't need to pass in username and password