system.directoryServices

Posts: 160 · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:00 pm

Trying to enumerate some web site setting via a web service on my local machine.

Here's the code:

[WebMethod]
public string getServiceNumber (string comment)
{
string rtn = "";
DirectoryEntry w3svc = new DirectoryEntry ("IIS://127.0.0.1/w3svc");
rtn = "";

try
{
foreach (string propName in w3svc.Properties.PropertyNames)
{
rtn = rtn + propName + " ";
}
}
catch (System.Exception e)
{
rtn = e.Message;
}
return rtn;
}

The errror I'm recieving is when propertyNames is accessed.

{"The directory cannot report the number of properties." }

Any help would be appreciated. Does this have something to do with my local machine Win Pro 2000, not having AD on it?

Posts: 1031 · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:26 pm

You need to use the DirectorySearcher class to do what you're trying to do if I'm not mistaken. This is off the top of my head, but try this.

Code:

Using System.DirectoryServices...

string serv = "IIS://127.0.0.1/w3svc";
w3svc = new DirectoryEntry(serv);
DirectorySearcher srch = new DirectorySearcher(w3svc);
SearchResultCollection results;
results = srch.FindAll();

foreach (SearchResult result in results)
{
ResultPropertyCollection propColl = result.Properties;
}

foreach (string strKey in propColl.PropertyNames)
{
foreach (object obProp in propColl[strKey])
{
this.AppendPropertyNode(obTopNode, strKey, obProp);
}
}

Posts: 160 · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 11:46 pm

It did wind up being a syntax problem and the way I was accessing the objects. I'm still a little hazy on the permissions issues and what account the web services really run under.