Directory Server/Domain discovery

I am looking for a way to get information about the
domain/directory server
that the current user is logged in under.  I need more than
the short name.
 I need the long name and/or the server's name/address.
The problem I am trying to overcome is two domains on the
same network with
the same short name (yes I know, can't change it, customer's
network).

I have the server name/address of one of the domain
directory servers and I
need to determine if the user is logged into that one or a
different one.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
-Mont

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Hi Mont,

does binding to LDAP://rootDSE <ldap://rootDSE/> do
what you want?

I don't have 2 domains to test it on, but this seems to
suggest it might
work:
http
://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms677945(VS.85).aspx


"In this case, a default domain controller from the
domain that the security
context of the calling thread is in will be used. If a
domain controller
cannot be accessed within the site, the first domain
controller that can be
found will be used"

the defaultNamingContext should tell you the domain
distinguished name (what
I think you mean by long name) and the serverName property
should give you
the name of the server
HTH
James
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 12:34 AM, Mont Rothstein
<mont.rothsteingmail.com>
wrote:

> I am looking for a way to get information about the
domain/directory server
> that the current user is logged in under.  I need more
than the short name.
>  I need the long name and/or the server's
name/address.
> The problem I am trying to overcome is two domains on
the same network with
> the same short name (yes I know, can't change it,
customer's network).
>
> I have the server name/address of one of the domain
directory servers and I
> need to determine if the user is logged into that one
or a different one.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> -Mont
>
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Thanks guys.  Those are some great suggestions and pointers.
 I am going to
try them out as soon as I can.
James, yes when I said long name I mean distinguished name. 
I guess I was
still in non-IT communication mode when I wrote that.

Thanks,
-Mont

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