Update active directory user from Windows Service

[Adam]

Hi, I have a windows service that will pull data from an external
source and I need to update this informaiton in AD from a Windows
Service.

What is the easiest way to do this? I looked at using the
ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider but it seems that this is for
ASP.NET applications only(?) or perhaps I am missing some better
results in google.

I know that I can connect via LDAP and change details using code like
the following

DirectorySearcher search = new DirectorySearcher();
search.Filter = String.Format("(SAMAccountName={0})",
userName);
search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("cn");
SearchResult result = search.FindOne();

but I was wondering if there was a better way?

Thanks for any help
Adam

 

[Patrice]

You also have the
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.directoryservices.accountmanagement.aspx
namespace with is new in 3.5...

 

[Alvin Bruney - ASP.NET MVP]

Use LINQ2AD (Linq to active directory, this is about as easy as it gets and
you won't have to do all this tedious, error prone formatting.