>From the online help about NameTranslate, VBScript Example (havent tried it,
but looks like it should work)
Dim nto
const ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_SERVER = 2
const ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 = 1
const ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4 = 3
server = "aDsServer"
user = "jeffsmith"
dom = "Fabrikam"
passwd = "top secret"
dn = "CN=jeffsmith,CN=Users,DC=Fabrikam,DC=COM"
Set nto = Server.CreateObject("NameTranslate")
nto.InitEx ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_SERVER, server, user, dom, passwd
nto.Set ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779, dn
result = nto.Get(ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Seielstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:31 PM
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Connection String
The only problem with that is you can't call the same methods from VBScript
- which is where I seem to need it the most..
Better brush up on my mAd VB.net skilz...
--------------------------------------------------------------
Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis Inc.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Corbett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:17 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Connection String
>
>
> Pablo,
>
> here is some code I use in VB.NET to do a similar thing, should be
> convertable to C# without much hassle
>
> strUserName = the fully qualified LDAP path of a user or group, ie
> LDAP://CN=GroupName,DC=testdomain,DC=local
>
> 'Constants required, rest are in the online doco for NameTranslate
> Const ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC = 3
> Const ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 = 1
> Const ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4 = 3
>
> Dim Translate As New ActiveDs.NameTranslate
> Dim strUser As String
>
> 'We want to chat to a GC server, any one will do
> Translate.Init(ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC, "")
> 'Pass in the FQDN name of the object
> Translate.Set(ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779, Mid(strUserName, 8)) <--
> the call doesnt
> like the LDAP:// on the front, so strip it
> 'Get back the NT v4 Equivalent
> strUser = Translate.Get(ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4)
> Translate = Nothing
>
> strUser now = the DOMAIN\UserName pair
>
> You can easily go the other way, ie pass in the
> Domain\username pair, and
> get back the LDAP path. Its all in the online doco, just do a
> search for
> NameTranslate
>
> Very cool actually, was hacking around trying to pull apart
> LDAP strings and
> massage them myself, this is MUCH easier (and faster)
>
> HTH
>
> Glenn
> (lucky you asked today, worked out how to to this last night *grin*)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pablo Curello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 9:44 PM
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Connection String
>
>
> That's right, but what if the user Pablo Curello is inside an
> organizational
> group ?
> In that case, the LDAP string should be (for example):
> "LDAP://cn=Pablo
> Curello, ou=Sales, dc=yourdomain, dc=com".
> It doesn´t work with: "LDAP://cn=Pablo Curello, dc=yourdomain, dc=com"
> Thanks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Costanzo, Ray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:34 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I believe that you mean DOMAIN\Username, and if so:
>
> Function GetFullName(sUser)
> Dim sUsername, sDomain
> sUserInfo = Split(sUser, "\")
> sDomain = sUserInfo(0)
> sUsername = sUserInfo(1)
> Set oUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & sDomain & "/" & sUsername
> & ",user")
> GetFullName = oUser.Fullname
> Set oUser = Nothing
> End Function
>
> That will give you the full name, such as: "Curello\, Pablo"
>
> And then you can use:
>
> sFullname = GetFullName("pcurello")
> sLDAP = "LDAP://cn="; & sFullname & ",dc=yourdomain,dc=com"
>
> How you get the dc= part from the oldschool netbios name, I'm not sure
> though. And I can't translate this to C for you. :]
>
> Ray at work
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pablo Curello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> Hello all.
> Does anybody know how to transform a user's identity
> "DOMAIN/USERNAME" to an
> ldap connection string "CN=name, DC=..." ?
> I know how to do it in COM (C++) using IADsNameTranslate
> interface, but now
> I´m using C#.
> Thanks.
>
>
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