I'm using DirectorySearcher to search for a user entry in LDAP server.
DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry();
de.Path = "LDAP://myserver/OU=People,O=mycompany";
de.AuthenticationType = AuthenticationTypes.None;
DirectorySearcher deSearch = new DirectorySearcher();
deSearch.SearchRoot = de;
deSearch.Filter = "(uid=" + model.UserName + ")";
SearchResult result = deSearch.FindOne();
I'm able to get th intended output in result variable.
However If I try to authenticate the same user by providing password in directory entry, I always get following error.
"The user name or password is incorrect."
DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://myserver/OU=People,O=mycompany", username, password);
DirectorySearcher search = new DirectorySearcher(
entry,
"(uid=" + username + ")",
new string[] { "uid" }
);
search.SearchScope = System.DirectoryServices.SearchScope.Subtree;
SearchResult found = search.FindOne(); ->>>>>this is where I get wrong credential error.
The username and password are for the user I want to authenticate.
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong here or how to debug this.
This username, password within this line:
DirectoryEntry("LDAP://myserver/OU=People,O=mycompany", username, password);
should be for an account that has permission for directory lookup. It could be a service account or testing purpose try with your own. This shouldn't be the user/pass of someone who you are trying to authenticate.
If you want to authenticate, you can use following steps using PrincipalContext:
using(var context = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, "mydomain", "mydomain\serviceAcct", "serviceAcctPass")) {
//Username and password for authentication.
return context.ValidateCredentials(username, password);
}
"serviceAcct" = an account within domain users that has permission for directory lookup.
"serviceAcctPass" = password for that service account.
As I said, for testing you can try with your own user/pass context.
Also, make sure supplied username has either "domain\username" or "username@domain" formatting.
Here we are getting the active directory user details and we can use DomainName and UserRole from web.config file
bool isAdmin = false;
RegisterInput model = new RegisterInput();
NewUserInput usr = new NewUserInput();
SearchResultCollection results;
string mobileNumber = string.Empty;
using (DirectoryEntry domainEntry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://" + AppSettings.DomainName))
{
using (DirectorySearcher searcher = new DirectorySearcher(domainEntry, "userPrincipalName=" + userName + "@" + AppSettings.DomainName) { Filter = string.Format("(&(objectClass=user)(samaccountname={0}))", userName) })
{
results = searcher.FindAll();
if (results.Count > 0)
{
usr.FirstName = results[0].GetDirectoryEntry().Properties["givenName"].Value.ToString();
usr.LastName = results[0].GetDirectoryEntry().Properties["sn"].Value?.ToString();
usr.EmailAddress = results[0].GetDirectoryEntry().Properties["mail"].Value?.ToString();
mobileNumber = results[0].GetDirectoryEntry().Properties["mobile"]?.Value?.ToString();
dynamic userRoleList = results[0].GetDirectoryEntry().Properties["memberOf"];
if (userRoleList != null)
{
foreach (var role in userRoleList)
{
string[] split = role.ToString().Split(new string[] { "," }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
bool result = split.Any(x => x.ToLowerInvariant() == AppSettings.UserRole.ToLowerInvariant());
if (result)
{
isAdmin = true;
break;
}
}
}
}
}
}
model.NewUser = usr;