/// <summary>
/// Initialize new instance of this active directory context.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="gcHostname">The Global Catelog Hostname a Domain Controller.
/// If no hostname is provided, the current context is used.
/// </param>
public Context(string gcHostname = "")
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(gcHostname))
{
var context = new DirectoryContext(DirectoryContextType.Forest);
this.gcHostname = GlobalCatalog.FindOne(context).Name;
}
else
{
this.gcHostname = gcHostname;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Initialize new instance of this active directory context.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="gcHostname">The Global Catalog Hostname a Domain Controller.
/// If no hostname is provided, the current context is used.
/// <param name="searchType">Whether the searches will be done as GC (default) or LDAP.
/// Global Catalog will ensure that the results are searched for in the entire catalog (whether in the host
/// or other domains in the forest)
/// But, if the host controller happens to contains the search entities, LDAP can be faster.</param>
/// </param>
public Context(string gcHostname = "", SearchType searchType = SearchType.GlobalCatalog)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(gcHostname))
{
var context = new DirectoryContext(DirectoryContextType.Forest);
this.gcHostname = GlobalCatalog.FindOne(context).Name;
}
else
{
this.gcHostname = gcHostname;
}
searchProtocol = searchType == SearchType.GlobalCatalog ? "GC" : "LDAP";
}
public static void GetGlobalCatalogConfigData()
{
Console.WriteLine("<--GLOBAL CATALOG CONFIGURATION DATA-->\n");
// Get a forest context
DirectoryContext forestContext = new DirectoryContext(
DirectoryContextType.Forest);
GlobalCatalog gc;
try
{
// bind to a global catalog server in the forest
gc = GlobalCatalog.FindOne(forestContext);
Console.WriteLine("Finding one global catalog " +
"in the current forest:");
Console.WriteLine("Name: {0}", gc);
Console.WriteLine("Site: {0}", gc.SiteName);
// list roles held by the GC
Console.WriteLine("\nRoles:");
foreach (ActiveDirectoryRole role in gc.Roles)
{
Console.WriteLine("\t{0}", role);
}
// list partitions hosted by the GC
Console.WriteLine("\nPartitions hosted by this global catalog:");
foreach (string partition in gc.Partitions)
{
Console.WriteLine("\t{0}", partition);
}
}
catch (ActiveDirectoryObjectNotFoundException e)
{
// gc not found
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
public static void GCSample()
{
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("<---------GLOBAL CATALOG INFO---------->\n");
// Find one global catalog within the current forest
GlobalCatalog gc;
try
{
gc = GlobalCatalog.FindOne(forestContext);
Console.WriteLine("Finding one global catalog " +
"in the current forest:");
Console.WriteLine("Name: {0}", gc);
Console.WriteLine("Site: {0}", gc.SiteName);
// roles held by the GC
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Roles:");
foreach (ActiveDirectoryRole role in gc.Roles)
{
Console.WriteLine(role);
}
// partitions hosted by the GC
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Partitions hosted by this global catalog:");
foreach (string partition in gc.Partitions)
{
Console.WriteLine(partition);
}
}
catch (ActiveDirectoryObjectNotFoundException e)
{
// gc not found
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
public void TestForestGlobalCatalog()
{
using (Forest forest = Forest.GetForest(ActiveDirectoryContext))
{
int count = 0;
GlobalCatalogCollection gcCollection = forest.FindAllGlobalCatalogs();
foreach (GlobalCatalog gc in gcCollection)
{
count++;
}
Assert.True(count > 0);
Assert.True(gcCollection.Contains(gcCollection[0]));
Assert.Equal(0, gcCollection.IndexOf(gcCollection[0]));
gcCollection = forest.FindAllGlobalCatalogs(forest.Sites[0].Name);
count = 0;
foreach (GlobalCatalog gc in gcCollection)
{
count++;
}
Assert.True(count > 0);
Assert.True(gcCollection.Contains(gcCollection[0]));
Assert.Equal(0, gcCollection.IndexOf(gcCollection[0]));
GlobalCatalog globalCatalog = forest.FindGlobalCatalog(forest.Sites[0].Name);
DirectoryContext forestContext = new DirectoryContext(
DirectoryContextType.Forest,
forest.Name,
LdapConfiguration.Configuration.UserName,
LdapConfiguration.Configuration.Password);
Assert.Equal(globalCatalog.Name, GlobalCatalog.FindOne(forestContext, forest.Sites[0].Name).Name);
}
}
