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I would like to authenticate username and passwords for my application on a windows operating system with any directory service. For example it could be microsoft active directory, Novell eDirecotry, or SunOne. I already know how to do this code natively for Microsoft Active Direcotry with c#. ( I totally gave up using ADSI and creating a low level com component) The way im attempting to authenticate with Novel eDirecotory is i have installed the Mono project. Inside the mono project they provide you with Novell.Directory.ldap.dll The code looks somewhat the same as for Microsoft Active

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? Do I need to specify the "Connection String" any differently? I am trying something like the code below but it doesn't seem to work... DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry ("LDAP://novellBox.sample.com","admin","password",AuthenticationTypes.None); DirectorySearcher ds = new DirectorySearcher(de); var test = ds.FindAll(); Any ideas? marc_s Well, I think your