Re: How do I convert sid retrieved from the AD to SDDL string format?

Hello,

if you are using .NET 2.0, you can pass the byte[] you get from the objectSid property to a SecurityIdentifier class.

Otherwise, you have at least these options:
1) (easy one) Call the Win32 function ConvertSidToStringSid.
2) (more difficult, but more flexibility) Call the Win32 DsCrackNames function

Best regards,
Henning Krause

"Pucca" <Pucca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:0972CEEE-1D2D-4605-8C4B-3B4995A2195D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I retrieve sid from AD into a dataset table. How can I convert this to SDDL
format string? My code below is not working.

ReportPreview repPreview = new ReportPreview();
string AdSelect = "select objectSid, cn, operatingSystem,
operatingSystemVersion from 'LDAP://CN=Computers,"; +
delimitedDomain + "'";
string padSelect = "Select cn, meetingName from " +
globalCompPath;
string temp;
int rs, num;
OleDbConnection adCon = new
OleDbConnection("Provider=ADsDSOObject");
OleDbDataAdapter qryAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(AdSelect,
adCon);
try
{
DataRow newRow = dsReport.Tables["Computers"].NewRow();

qryAdapter.Fill(dsReport, "AdComputers");
num = dsReport.Tables["AdComputers"].Rows.Count;
for (int y = 0; y <
dsReport.Tables["AdComputers"].Rows.Count; y++)
{
SecurityIdentifier si = new
SecurityIdentifier(dsReport.Tables["AdComputers"].Rows[y][0].ToString());
dsReport.Tables["AdComputers"].Rows[y][0] = si.Value;
}
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Thanks.

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