Get Active Directory Object Type

[Alex]

Dear all

I hope you might help me. Here my issue:

I am using the following vb.net code to receive members from a windows 2000
active directory group:
objecttolook = "group"

objlook = "member"

Dim root As New System.Director yServices.Direc toryEntry(objpa th)

Dim inmembers As PropertyCollect ion = root.Properties

etc.

The Problem is now that this group could contain either users, workstation
account or other nested groups. How can I now determin what kind of object
do this group contain. I can read out the members but I don't know what time
they are. The idee is to call the function iterativ if if the member is a
group.

Hope somebody may gve me an idea.

Thanks Alex

[Shiva]

Re: Get Active Directory Object Type

You may use the objectCategory property to identify the individual object
type.

If (DirectoryEntry .Properties("ob jectCategory")( 0) = "group") Then 'Call
recursively

Other possible values are:
DirectoryEntry. Properties("obj ectCategory")(0 ) = "user"
DirectoryEntry. Properties("obj ectCategory")(0 ) = "computer"
.... etc

Hope this helps.

"Alex" <informatik@gmx .ch> wrote in message
news:#3T64EnlEH A.2968@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...
Dear all

I hope you might help me. Here my issue:

I am using the following vb.net code to receive members from a windows 2000
active directory group:
objecttolook = "group"

objlook = "member"

Dim root As New System.Director yServices.Direc toryEntry(objpa th)

Dim inmembers As PropertyCollect ion = root.Properties

etc.

The Problem is now that this group could contain either users, workstation
account or other nested groups. How can I now determin what kind of object
do this group contain. I can read out the members but I don't know what time
they are. The idee is to call the function iterativ if if the member is a
group.

Hope somebody may gve me an idea.

Thanks Alex

[Alex]

Re: Get Active Directory Object Type

Perfect....Than ks Alex


"Shiva" <shiva_sm@onlin e.excite.com> wrote in message
news:uNJMRRnlEH A.3476@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> You may use the objectCategory property to identify the individual object
> type.
>
> If (DirectoryEntry .Properties("ob jectCategory")( 0) = "group") Then 'Call
> recursively
>
> Other possible values are:
> DirectoryEntry. Properties("obj ectCategory")(0 ) = "user"
> DirectoryEntry. Properties("obj ectCategory")(0 ) = "computer"
> ... etc
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> "Alex" <informatik@gmx .ch> wrote in message
> news:#3T64EnlEH A.2968@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...
> Dear all
>
> I hope you might help me. Here my issue:
>
> I am using the following vb.net code to receive members from a windows[/color]
2000[color=blue]
> active directory group:
> objecttolook = "group"
>
> objlook = "member"
>
> Dim root As New System.Director yServices.Direc toryEntry(objpa th)
>
> Dim inmembers As PropertyCollect ion = root.Properties
>
> etc.
>
> The Problem is now that this group could contain either users, workstation
> account or other nested groups. How can I now determin what kind of object
> do this group contain. I can read out the members but I don't know what[/color]
time[color=blue]
> they are. The idee is to call the function iterativ if if the member is a
> group.
>
> Hope somebody may gve me an idea.
>
> Thanks Alex
>
>
>[/color]