How to retrieve login name of a user from Active Directory?

Question

I want to retrieve the login name of a user from Active Directory.

For example the name is 'Jan Van der Linden' After giving this name as parameter I must get his login name in return for example jvdlinden

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some people did post answers that I didn't ask for. Finally marc_s came with a solution. — Tassisto, Mar 17 '11 at 13:42

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 17 '11 at 11:07

Since you're on .NET 3.5 and up, you should check out the System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement (S.DS.AM) namespace. Read all about it here:

Managing Directory Security Principals in the .NET Framework 3.5

Basically, you can define a domain context and easily find users and/or groups in AD:

public string GetLoginName(string userName)
{
  // set up domain context
  PrincipalContext ctx = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain);

  // find user by name
  UserPrincipal user = UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity(ctx, userName);

  if(user != null)
       return user.SamAccountName;
  else
       return string.Empty;
}

The new S.DS.AM makes it really easy to play around with users and groups in AD:

Hey marc_s, do you know why I'm getting this error? The (&(objectCategory=user)(objectClass=user)(|(userPrincipalName=)(distinguishedName=)(name=))) search filter is invalid. — Tassisto, Mar 17 '11 at 15:17

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '15 at 18:07

Check this link has needed code snipple

Validate AD-LDAP USer

using (DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry())
        {
            entry.Username = "DOMAIN\\LOGINNAME";
            entry.Password = "PASSWORD";
            DirectorySearcher searcher = new DirectorySearcher(entry);
            searcher.Filter = "(objectclass=user)";
            try
            {
                searcher.FindOne();
                {
                    //Add Your Code if user Found..
                }
            }
            catch (COMException ex)
            {
                if (ex.ErrorCode == -2147023570)
                {
                    ex.Message.ToString();
                    // Login or password is incorrect 
                }
            }
        }

Hiyasat · Answer 3 · 2011-03-17T10:57:53.757

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using .net library you can use the following code to get username or any info from active directory

using System.Management;
using System.Management.Instrumentation;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.DirectoryServices;

ManagementObjectSearcher Usersearcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * From Win32_ComputerSystem Where (Name LIKE 'ws%' or Name LIKE 'it%')"); 
            ManagementObjectCollection Usercollection = Usersearcher.Get(); 
            string[] sep = { "\\" };
            string[] UserNameDomain = Usercollection.Cast<ManagementBaseObject>().First()["UserName"].ToString().Split(sep, StringSplitOptions.None);

i add "Select * From Win32_ComputerSystem Where (Name LIKE 'ws%' or Name LIKE 'it%')" this will get the user name by the full name

hope this could help you

edited Mar 17 '11 at 10:57

answered Mar 17 '11 at 10:25

Hiyasat

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where do I give the full name as parameter? – Tassisto Mar 17 '11 at 10:28
You can't - this returns the current logged in user – stuartd Mar 17 '11 at 10:30
no that's not what I want. I want to give the fullname as parameter and get the login name. – Tassisto Mar 17 '11 at 10:31
you have to user the select statment to get the login name you want by the full name – Hiyasat Mar 17 '11 at 10:50
you can use "Select * From Win32_ComputerSystem Where (Name LIKE 'ws%' or Name LIKE 'it%')" it will get the login name by the name ..... see my edit on my answer – Hiyasat Mar 17 '11 at 10:59
please peacmaker are you serious? I don't see where you connect to Active Directory in the code? – Tassisto Mar 17 '11 at 11:03
@peacmaker the UserName property of From Win32_ComputerSystem is the Name of a user that is logged on currently (or the Console user if connecting using TS) – stuartd Mar 17 '11 at 15:26
You should use DirectoryEntry, mentioned by Davide Piras. It's way more complete. – Nate B. Apr 19 '13 at 07:53

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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this actually does almost the opposite but can be a starting point to check and modify as needed:

Finding a User in Active Directory with the Login Name

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Mar 17 '11 at 10:28

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 17 '17 at 18:50

Without Identity:

private string GetLogonFromDisplayName(string displayName)
{
    var search = new DirectorySearcher(string.Format("(&(displayname={0})(objectCategory=user))", displayName));
    search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("sAMAccountName");

    SearchResult result = search.FindOne();
    if (result != null)
    {
        var logonNameResults = result.Properties["sAMAccountName"];
        if (logonNameResults == null || logonNameResults.Count == 0)
        {
            return null;
        }

        return logonNameResults[0].ToString();
    }

    return null;
}

How to retrieve login name of a user from Active Directory?

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