Retrieving Manager details from active directory

   1: using System.DirectoryServices;

   2: using System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory;

   1: private DirectoryEntry GetDirectoryObject()

   2: {

   3:     DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry(_path, _username, _password, AuthenticationTypes.Secure);

   4:     return de;

   5: }

   6:  

   7: private DirectoryEntry GetUser(string account)

   8: {

   9:     try

  10:     {

  11:         DirectoryEntry de = GetDirectoryObject();

  12:         DirectorySearcher des = new DirectorySearcher();

  13:         des.SearchRoot = de;

  14:  

  15:         des.Filter = "(&(objectClass=user)(SAMAccountName=" + account + "))";

  16:         des.SearchScope = SearchScope.Subtree;

  17:         SearchResult results = des.FindOne();

  18:  

  19:         if (!(results == null))

  20:         {

  21:             de = new DirectoryEntry(results.Path, _username, _password, AuthenticationTypes.Secure);

  22:             return de;

  23:         }

  24:         else

  25:         {

  26:             return null;

  27:         }    

  28:     }

  29:     catch (DirectoryServicesCOMException dsce)

  30:     {                

  31:         throw;

  32:     }

  33: }

  34:  

  35: private DirectoryEntry GetManager(string account)

  36: {

  37:     try

  38:     {

  39:         DirectoryEntry de = GetUser(account);

  40:         return demanager = new DirectoryEntry(_path + "/" + de.Properties["manager"].Value.ToString(), _username, _password);

  41:     }

  42:     catch (DirectoryServicesCOMException dsce)

  43:     {                

  44:         throw;

  45:     }            

  46: }

  47:  

  48: private DirectoryEntry GetManager(DirectoryEntry de)

  49: {

  50:     try

  51:     {

  52:         return demanager = new DirectoryEntry(_path + "/" + de.Properties["manager"].Value.ToString(), _username, _password);

  53:     }

  54:     catch (DirectoryServicesCOMException dsce)

  55:     {

  56:         throw;

  57:     }

  58: }