The .NET Developers Guide to Directory Services Programming

ISBN: 0321350170
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 165

Authors: Joe Kaplan, Ryan Dunn

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Part I: Fundamentals

Introduction to LDAP and Active Directory

• Introduction to LDAP and Active Directory
• A Brief History of Directory Services
• Definition of LDAP
• Definition of Active Directory
• Definition of ADAM
• LDAP Basics
• Summary

Introduction to .NET Directory Services Programming

• Introduction to .NET Directory Services Programming
• .NET Directory Services Programming Landscape
• Native Directory Services Programming Landscape
• System.DirectoryServices Overview
• System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory Overview
• System.DirectoryServices.Protocols Overview
• Selecting the Right Technology
• Summary

Binding and CRUD Operations with DirectoryEntry

• Binding and CRUD Operations with DirectoryEntry
• Property and Method Overview
• Binding to the Directory
• Directory CRUD Operations
• Summary

Searching with the DirectorySearcher

• Searching with the DirectorySearcher
• LDAP Searching Overview
• DirectorySearcher Overview
• The Basics of Searching
• Building LDAP Filters
• Controlling the Content of Search Results
• Executing the Query and Enumerating Results
• Returning Many Results with Paged Searches
• Sorting Search Results
• Summary

Advanced LDAP Searches

• Advanced LDAP Searches
• Administrative Limits Governing Active Directory and ADAM
• Understanding Searching Timeouts
• Optimizing Search Performance
• Searching the Global Catalog
• Chasing Referrals
• Virtual List View Searches
• Searching for Deleted Objects
• Directory Synchronization Queries
• Using Attribute Scope Query
• Extended DN Queries
• Reading Security Descriptors with Security Masks
• Asynchronous Searches
• Summary

Reading and Writing LDAP Attributes

• Reading and Writing LDAP Attributes
• Basics of Reading Attribute Values
• Collection Class Usage
• Understanding the ADSI Property Cache
• LDAP Data Types in .NET
• ADSI Schema Mapping Mechanism
• .NET Attribute Value Conversion
• Standard Data Types
• Binary Data Conversion
• COM Interop Data Types
• Syntactic versus Semantic Conversion
• Dealing with Attributes with Many Values
• Basics of Writing Attribute Values
• Writing COM Interop Types
• Summary

Active Directory and ADAM Schema

• Active Directory and ADAM Schema
• Schema Extension Best Practices
• Choosing an Object Class
• Choosing Attribute Syntaxes
• Modeling One-to-Many and Many-to-Many Relationships
• Search Flags and Indexing
• Techniques for Extending the Schema
• Discovering Schema Information at Runtime
• Summary

Security in Directory Services Programming

• Security in Directory Services Programming
• Binding and Delegation
• Directory Object Permissions in Active Directory and ADAM
• Code Access Security
• Summary

Introduction to the ActiveDirectory Namespace

• Introduction to the ActiveDirectory Namespace
• Working with the DirectoryContext Class
• Locating Domain Controllers
• Understanding the Active Directory RPC APIs
• Useful Shortcuts for Developers
• Summary

Part II: Practical Applications

User Management

• User Management
• Finding Users
• Creating Users
• Managing User Account Features
• Managing Passwords for Active Directory Users
• Managing Passwords for ADAM Users
• Determining User Group Membership in Active Directory and ADAM
• Summary

Group Management

• Group Management
• Creating Groups in Active Directory and ADAM
• Manipulating Group Membership
• Expanding Group Membership
• Primary Group Membership
• Foreign Security Principals
• Summary

Authentication

• Authentication
• Authentication Using SDS
• Authentication Using SDS.P
• Authentication Using SSPI
• Discovering the Cause of Authentication Failures
• Summary

Part III: Appendixes

Appendix A. Three Approaches to COM Interop with ADSI

• Appendix A. Three Approaches to COM Interop with ADSI
• The Standard Method
• The Reflection Method
• Handcrafted COM Interop Declarations
• Summary

Appendix B. LDAP Tools for Programmers

• Appendix B. LDAP Tools for Programmers
• LDP
• ADSI Edit
• Active Directory Users and Computers
• LDIFDE
• ADFind/ADMod
• BeaverTail LDAP Browser
• Softerra LDAP Browser
• Summary

Appendix C. Troubleshooting and Help

• Appendix C. Troubleshooting and Help
• Error 0x8007203A: "The server is not operational."
• Error 0x8007052E: "Login Failure: unknown user name or bad password."
• Error 0x80072020: "An operations error occurred."
• Error 0x80072030: "There is no such object on the server."
• Error 0x8007202F: A constraint violation occurred.
• Error 0x80072035: The server is unwilling to process the request.
• Error 0x80070005: General access denied error.
• InvalidOperationException from DirectorySearcher
• Summary

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