Connecting to LDAP from C# using DirectoryServices

Question

I am trying to connect to an edirectory 8.8 server running LDAP. How would I go about doing that in .Net? Can I still use the classes in System.DirectoryService such as Dire

Answer 1

I am trying to connect to an edirectory 8.8 server running LDAP. How would I go about doing that in .Net? Can I still use the classes in System.DirectoryService such as DirectoryEntry and DirectorySearcher or are they AD specific?

We are using System.DirectoryServices for Microsoft Active Directory, OpenLDAP running on Linux and eDirectiry without any problem. So the answer is yes, you can use these classes to access eDir.

Do I need to specify the "Connection String" any differently?

Yes you are. When passing to DirectoryEntry a string starting with "LDAP://" you need to conform to the LDAP syntax which is very different than URI syntax.

I recommend you to use an LDAP browser (google it, there are many free downloads) in order to get the correct path to the root object otherwise you will spend time on trying to figure out the correct object types.