Group Object in Active Directory
Description :
We can create a Group Object in Active Directory.
Following are the namespaces used
using System.DirectoryServices;
using System.Reflection;
public class ADGroup
{
private String ADGRPOUP = "group";
enum GrpType : uint
{
UnivGrp = 0x08,
DomLocalGrp = 0x04,
GlobalGrp = 0x02,
SecurityGrp = 0x80000000
}
DirectoryEntry MyDirectoryEntry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://RootDSE");
String Mystr = (String) MyDirectoryEntry.Properties["defaultNamingContext"][0];
MydeAD = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://" + Mystr);
GrpType Mygt = GrpType.GlobalGrp | GrpType.SecurityGrp;
int MytypeNum = (int)Mygt;
DirectoryEntry Myou = MydeAD.Children.Find("OU=Users");
DirectoryEntry Mygroup = Myou.Children.Add("cn=myGroupName", ADGRPOUP );
Mygroup.Properties["sAMAccountName"].Add("myGroupName");
Mygroup.Properties["description"].Add(" description myGroupName");
Mygroup.Properties["groupType"].Add(typeNum);
Mygroup.CommitChanges();
}
By
Nathan