Ok, thanks. I will check this immediately :)
Mikael On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:25:50 -0500, Mulnick, Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would expect the error to occur in the part of the code that makes the > search request. src = dsDirSearcher.FindAll() > > The referral may be occurring because of a multi-domain environment. You're > making a call to the directory looking for objects that exist in one domain > while the string you are using to connect may be the root domain instead. > > You can debug that by writing out your variables and strings to see what the > exact query string is (I like to write out the query string exactly as it's > called to make sure I'm not making a syntax error). When you posted here, > you cleaned it up, but look again to make sure that the domain you're trying > to query against is the domain your app lives in. This one m_sRootDomain > would be an interesting string/var to know the value of at runtime. > > As Joe mentioned, the GC is likely a better bet to use since you won't have > to worry about domain location as much. The GAL is made up of attributes > that are in the GC since it needs to be global anyway. Microsoft put the > GAL attributes into the GC so you can find all users globally in a forest > and that is presented back to you as an Address List. You can find out > exactly which attributes get put there from MDSN and looking at the Exchange > attributes. > > > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mikael Håkansson > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:14 AM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] "A referral was returned from the server" when ex > ecuting a query. > > Well, this is the problem... I don´t really know. > This module is a part of a bigger application, and the error occurs on one > of the customers networks. I assume there exists several forests since it´s > a big company (world-wide). Unfortunately, I can´t run any test with e.g. > LDP since they do not allow any test on their "live" > environment. I was hoping that someone might have any idea what could cause > a problem like this. > > Code snippet: > dim de as new directoryEntry("LDAP://"; & m_sRootDomain) dim dsDirSearcher as > new DirectorySearcher(de) dim src as SearchResultCollection > > dsDirSearcher.Filter = m_AddressBook.Filter dsDirSearcher.SizeLimit = > Options.MaxHits dsDirSearcher.PropertiesToLoad = m_arrProperties > dsDirSearcher.ReferralChasing = ReferralChasingOption.All > dsDirSearcher.SearchScope = SearchScope.Subtree dsDirSearcher.CacheResults = > True > > src = dsDirSearcher.FindAll() <---- boom, this is where it all goes to > h*** > > Regarding Joe´s post about GC. > Which attributes are stored in the GC? I need to retrieve information like > phone numbers, name, address, mail etc. > > This are the attributes I´m interested in: > givenName,sn,title,mail,company,department,info,whenChanged,physicalDelivery > OfficeName,whenCreated,userPrincipalName,targetaddress,Street,l,postalCode,c > ,st,telephoneNumber,facsimileTelephoneNumber,otherFacsimileTelephoneNumber,h > omePhone,otherHomePhone,mobile,otherMobile,otherTelephone,distinguishedname > > Mikael > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:52:08 -0500, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hopefully JoeK will swing by shortly to say his piece on the NET call. > > > > For the queries below, unless you want them scoped at a specific > > domain anyway, consider querying a GC since all of those attribs are in > the GC. > > > > joe > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mulnick, Al > > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:19 AM > > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] "A referral was returned from the server" > > when ex ecuting a query. > > > > Can you include the code snippet where this occurs? > > > > Have you tried using an alternate tool (LDP or Joe's ADFIND) to > > validate that you don't get the same results from those tools? > > > > ??Is this a single domain forest that you're testing in? > > > > Al > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mikael > > Håkansson > > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:06 AM > > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] "A referral was returned from the server" > > when executing a query. > > > > Any query throws the referral exception. > > > > Like > > > > "(& (mailnickname=*) (| > > (&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=contact)) ))" which is from the > > "All Contacts" address list. > > > > or > > > > "(& (mailnickname=*) (| > > (&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(!(homeMDB=*))(!(msExchHome > > Server > > Name=*)))(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(|(homeMDB=*)(msEx > > chHome > > ServerName=*)))(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=contact))(objectC > > ategor > > y=group)(objectCategory=publicFolder)(objectCategory=msExchDynamicDist > > ributi > > onList) > > ))" > > whis is from the Default Global Address list. > > > > Any ideas are welcome =) > > > > Mikael Håkansson > > > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:50:43 -0500, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1. Cool > > > > > > 2. Your search should use objectcategory, not objectclass. > > > > > > 3a. Ok > > > > > > 3b. What exactly is the query? The rest of the stuff building up to > > > it isn't throwing the referral, the query you neglect to show is. > > > > > > joe > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mikael > > > Håkansson > > > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 4:10 AM > > > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > > > Subject: [ActiveDir] "A referral was returned from the server" when > > > executing a query. > > > > > > I´m working on an application for listing contacts and address lists > > > in active directory. But I get an error everytime I execute a query. > > > > > > I´m using the DirectoryServices namespace in .NET (which > > > encapsulates the Active Directory Service Interfaces) to communicate > > > with Active Directory > > > > > > 1. I bind to the RootDSE object to retrieve the DN of the > > > configuration container and the root domain. > > > According to the log file, I get: > > > Configuration container: DC=configuration,DC=myDomain,DC=com > > > Root Domain: DC=myDomain,DC=com > > > > > > 2. I connect to the configuration container and retrieve all the > > > address lists (using the directorySearcher with the filter > > > "(&(|(objectClass=addressBookContainer)(objectClass=msExchOAB))(purp > > > or > > > tedSea > > > rch=*))" > > > > > > ... so far so good ... > > > > > > 3. I then connect using the value from the rootDomainNamingContext > > property. > > > (this gives me the path: "LDAP://DC=myDomain,DC=com";) This works > > > fine. > > > > > > ... Now the problem begin ... > > > > > > I use the .NET DirectorySearcher class to execute an ldap query > > > agains active directory. > > > (the query is taken from the currently selected address list) > > > > > > Whenever I execute a query, I get an exception: > > > -2147016661 "A referral was returned from the server" > > > > > > This is usually an indication that the DN is wrong (i.e the server > > > does not exist), but it doesn´t add up since I´m able to connect and > > > retrieve the address lists. > > > > > > I have set the option to follow all referrals (subordinal & external). > > > > > > Does anyone know what might be wrong? > > > I´m pretty convinced it is not a programming error. Probably just my > > > lack of knowlegde regarding Active Directory :) > > > > > > Thanks > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > > List archive: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > > List archive: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
