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Re: Server's user database

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From: James
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:58
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Hello, thanks for the response.

I'm trying to get the list of users from a Windows NT domain, or from the 
Active Directory in Windows Server 2000/2003. I presume the calls for that 
would be different to those for getting the local computer's user database.

Cheers,

- JamesB


"Hans Galema" <notused@notused.nl> wrote in message 
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> James wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have any idea how to download the user database from a server 
>> or computer, remotely?
>
> Can you get that info locally ?
>
>> What I want to do, you see, is to be able to get a list of users from the 
>> Active Directory or domain controller,
>
> What kind of server is that ?
>
>> A TEdit would accept the name of the server (i.e. \\BIGCHEESE), a button 
>> would be clicked, and the user list displayed.
>
> What would be your actual problem if you could get the wanted info locally 
> ?
>
> Hans. 
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