IsInRole Question

[Bob]

I created a usergroup on my W2K AD domain server and called it MyCustomRole

I added my user to it named User Name fully qualified is Mydomain\Bob

I can see that My.user.name Is OK its Mydomain\Bob But when I run the line

If My.User.IsInRole("MyCustomRole") Then

it returns false.

What am I doing wrong?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Bob

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi

I am not familar with AD.
But here is a link about a script which will list all the group certian
user belongs to.
You may try to run the script to see the MyCustomRole is in the list.
List User Group
http://www.rlmueller.net/List User Groups.htm

For detailed information about AD, I think you may try to post in the
newsgroup below.
microsoft.public.adsi.general
or
microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory

Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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[Bob]

Thanks, very interesting but it does not solve my problem.

I need My.user.isinrole("MycustomGroup") to return true if a My.user is in
the group MyCustomGroup on my domain controller.
It does not work.

I can see that my.User is in the correct domain and my.user is a member of
administrators

If I use
If My.User.IsInRole(ApplicationServices.BuiltInRole.Administrator)

or use

If My.User.IsInRole("Administrators")

It returns true which Is Ok, The user is part of the administrators group

The two above use builtin groups. I can get the correct result on any
built-in group on the domain. But when I add a new group to the domain eg
MyCustomGroup, then write

If My.User.IsInRole("MycustomGroup") it returns false

It looks like the IsinRole function only works with built-in roles.

Bob

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi Bob,

I reviewed the thread and find that there is a similar issue in the
newsgroup below.Now I have replied to you, you may go and take a look.
Subject: IsInRole Question
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb

Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Bob,
Have you tried qualifying the role name you pass to IsInRole?

If My.User.IsInRole("Mydomain\MyCustomRole") Then

See the following for more information:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ncipalwindowsprincipalclassisinroletopic2.asp


--
Hope this helps
Jay [MVP - Outlook]
..NET Application Architect, Enthusiast, & Evangelist
T.S. Bradley - http://www.tsbradley.net


|I created a usergroup on my W2K AD domain server and called it MyCustomRole
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| I added my user to it named User Name fully qualified is Mydomain\Bob
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| I can see that My.user.name Is OK its Mydomain\Bob But when I run the line
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| If My.User.IsInRole("MyCustomRole") Then
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| it returns false.
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| What am I doing wrong?
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| Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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| Bob
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