How can I convert from a SID to an account name in C#

Question

I have a C# application that scans a directory and gathers some information. I would like to display the account name for each file. I can do this on the local system by g

Answer 1

Get the current domain:

System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain.GetCurrentDomain();

Get a directory entry from ldap and the domain name:

DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry(string.Format("LDAP://{0}", domain));

Get the sid from an ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider ActiveDirectoryMembershipUser:

ActiveDirectoryMembershipUser user = (ActiveDirectoryMembershipUser)Membership.GetUser();
var sid = (SecurityIdentifier)user.ProviderUserKey;

Get the username from the SecurityIdentifier:

(NTAccount)sid.Translate(typeof(NTAccount));

Get directory search done on an activedirectory with the domain directory entry and username:

DirectorySearcher search = new DirectorySearcher(entry);
        search.Filter = string.Format("(SAMAccountName={0})", username);
        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("Name");
        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("displayName");
        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("company");
        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("homePhone");
        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("mail");
        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("givenName");
        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("lastLogon");
        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("userPrincipalName");
        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("st");
        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("sn");
        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("telephoneNumber");
        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("postalCode");
        SearchResult result = search.FindOne();
        if (result != null)
        {
            foreach (string key in result.Properties.PropertyNames)
            {
                // Each property contains a collection of its own
                // that may contain multiple values
                foreach (Object propValue in result.Properties[key])
                {
                    outputString += key + " = " + propValue + ".
";
                }
            }
        }

Depending on the data in your active directory, you will get a varied response in the output.

Here is a site that has all the user properties I needed: