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RootDSE Explanation


Question:

I'm trying to wrap my brain around the concept of RootDSE. I would like to utilize it, but I can't figure out the context in which to make it work.

Is there an example somewhere?

Answer:

Here is a link to MSFT's explanation

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;219005

It is basically a moniker to a set of published attributes associated with an LDAP 3.0 compliant directory server. To use it you need network access to a directory server running a compliant directory service like Active Directory. The server you get information about depends on the security context of the thread (process) making the call. The above link lists the attributes available from an Active Directory server.

Generally, "rootDSE" is used to perform serverless binding. This link has a discussion of serverless binding.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ad/ad/serverless_binding_and_rootdse.asp

There are numerous examples in the tech data base that use "rootDSE" .

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Article ID:   W16808
File Created: 2014:07:18:09:45:38
Last Updated: 2014:07:18:09:45:38