Getting "badPwdCount" From every DC Faster? RSS

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  Jordo C

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  Getting "badPwdCount" From every DC Faster?

  Jan 23, 2012 11:48 AM|LINK

  Hello,

  I have an application that needs to gather the LDAP attribute "badPwdCount" from every DC in my domain.  This is my code:

  DataTable table = new DataTable();
  
              table.Columns.Add("DC Name", typeof(string));
              table.Columns.Add("Site", typeof(string));
              table.Columns.Add("Bad Pwd Count", typeof(int));
  
              DirectoryEntry dcs = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://OU=Domain Controllers,DC=****,DC=com");
              
              DirectorySearcher searcher = new DirectorySearcher("sAMAccountName=" + WCTB_samname.Text);
              DirectoryEntry user = searcher.FindOne().GetDirectoryEntry();
  
              foreach (DirectoryEntry dc in dcs.Children)
              {
                  DataRow row = table.NewRow();
  
                  row["DC Name"] = dc.Properties["cn"].Value.ToString();
  
                  dc.RefreshCache(new string[] { "msDS-SiteName" });
                  row["Site"] = dc.Properties["msDS-SiteName"].Value.ToString();
  
                  //new directory entry with the DC hardcoded in the LDAP path
                  DirectoryEntry user_on_dc = new DirectoryEntry(user.Path.Replace("LDAP://","LDAP://"+row["DC Name"]+"/"));
                  
                  //this is the part that takes a long long time.
                  row["Bad Pwd Count"] = user_on_dc.Properties.Contains("badPwdCount") ? (int)user_on_dc.Properties["badPwdCount"].Value : 0;
  
                  table.Rows.Add(row);
              }
              WCGV_dclist.DataSource = table;
              WCGV_dclist.DataBind();

  A little background, "badPwdCount" is a non replicated attribute, so it will be something different on every DC.  This is why I need to go to every DC one at a time a pluck the information.  It takes forever to do this, anyone have any tips to make this faster?  Perhaps there is a multi-threadable option?

  Thanks!

  JJ

  • Edited by Jordo C on Jan 23, 2012 11:48 AM
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