Get a list of members of a WinNT group

Question

There are a couple of questions similar to this on stack overflow but not quite the same.

I want to open, or create, a local group on a win xp computer and add membe

Answer 1

Microsoft .NET Framework provides a standard library for working with Active Directory: System.DirectoryServices namespace in the System.DirectoryServices.dll.

Microsoft recommends using two main classes from the System.DirectoryServices namespace: DirectoryEntry and DirectorySearcher. In most cases, it is enough to use DirectorySearcher class only.

UPDATE: I tested it on my machine - it works. But maybe I've misunderstood your question.

Here is an example from an excellent CodeProject article:

Get a list of users belonging to a particular AD group

using System.DirectoryServices;

ArrayList GetADGroupUsers(string groupName)
{    
   SearchResult result;
   DirectorySearcher search = new DirectorySearcher();
   search.Filter = String.Format("(cn={0})", groupName);
   search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("member");
   result = search.FindOne();

   ArrayList userNames = new ArrayList();
   if (result != null)
   {
       for (int counter = 0; counter < 
          result.Properties["member"].Count; counter++)
       {
           string user = (string)result.Properties["member"][counter];
               userNames.Add(user);
       }
   }
   return userNames;
}