Active Directory, 3rd Edition

Searching with DirectorySearcher

We've shown how easy it is to read individual objects from Active Directory with the DirectoryEntry class, so let's now look at how to search Active Directory with the DirectorySearcher class. The DirectorySearcher class works like many other LDAP-based search APIs. Table 31-4 contains all of the DirectorySearcher properties.

Table 31-4. DirectorySearcher properties

Property name	Description
CacheResults	Gets or sets the flag that determines whether results are cached on the client
ClientTimeout	Gets or sets the time period the client is willing to wait for the server to answer the search
Filter	Gets or sets the search filter string
PageSize	Gets or sets the page size for paged searching
PropertiesToLoad	Gets or sets the attributes to return from a search
PropertyNamesOnly	Gets or sets the flag indicating to only return attribute names from a search
ReferralChasing	Gets or sets whether referrals are chased
SearchRoot	Gets or sets the base from which the search should start
SearchScope	Gets or sets the scope of the search
ServerPageTimeLimit	Gets or sets the time the server will wait for an individual page to return from a search
ServerTimeLimit	Gets or sets the time the server will wait for a search to complete
SizeLimit	Gets or sets the maximum number of objects that can be returned by a search
Sort	Gets or sets the attribute that is used when returning sorted search results

Many of the ...