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  Ajay230784

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  Active directory Authentication using Email id instead of username

  Nov 24, 2014 12:21 AM|Ajay230784|LINK

  Hi,

  In one of my project (web application) I have to authenticate user using Active Directory. I am using System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry to validate user using username and password.

  But, along with this I also need to validate user based on his emails id and password. Is there any Tutorial on help present to validate user based on Domain email id and password.

  I am thinking about using System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement. PrincipalContext to extract username based on email id provided and then validate user based on username and password.

  But, if there already any API available for this, then I will use that.

  Please provide your view on this.

  Regards,

  Ajay

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  Re: Active directory Authentication using Email id instead of username

  Nov 28, 2014 02:06 AM|Angie xu - MSFT|LINK

  HI Ajay,

  Ajay230784

  validate user based on his emails id and password. Is there any Tutorial on help present to validate user based on Domain email id and password.

  For this issue, how about using membership your application, it create an ASP.NET Web page that contains TextBox controls to obtain the user name and password (and, optionally, the user's e-mail address), and then use the CreateUser Membership API method to programmatically create the new user. see: How To: Use Membership in ASP.NET 2.0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff648345.aspx 

  Please let me know if there is anything that I can do to help.

  Best regards,

  Angie

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  phamster

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  Re: Active directory Authentication using Email id instead of username

  Dec 10, 2014 02:41 PM|phamster|LINK

  What I would do is return the email address from the Domain and compare it to what is enter. See code below:

  public bool isActiveDirectoryUser(string userName, string password, string domain, string email)
  {
      string domainName = domain;
      string ldapPath = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[domain + "LDAPPath"].ToString();
      string domainAndUsername = domainName + @"\" + userName;
  
      DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry(ldapPath, domainAndUsername, password); 
  
      Object obj = entry.NativeObject;
      DirectorySearcher search = new DirectorySearcher(entry);
      search.Filter = "(SAMAccountName=" + userName + ")";
      search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("displayName");
  
      SearchResult result = search.FindOne();
      DirectoryEntry obUser = new DirectoryEntry(result.Path);
  
      if(email == getUserProperty(obUser, "mail"))
      {
          //User Email match
      }
      else
      {
         //User Email not match
      }
  }
  
  private String getUserProperty(DirectoryEntry entry, String propName)
  {
       if (entry.Properties[propName] == null || entry.Properties[propName].Count==0 ) return String.Empty;
       if (entry.Properties[propName][0] == null) return String.Empty;
              
       return entry.Properties[propName][0].ToString();
  }