C# can't find maxPwdAge property in user

Question

I've searched in stackoverflow how to find maxPwdAge for an AD user, and the solution should be something like this.

DirectoryEntry ldapConnection = new DirectoryEntry();
DirectorySearcher ldapSearch = new DirectorySearcher(ldapConnection);

ldapSearch.Filter = "samaccountname=" + stringWithUsername;
SearchResult user = ldapSearch.FindOne();

Now user contains all user property, but i can't find maxPwdAge

string passowrdExpireTime = user.Properties["maxPwdAge"][0].ToString(); // It works
string passowrdExpireTime = user.Properties["pwdlastset"][0].ToString(); // pwdlastset doesn't exists

User's password does expire in 90 days, as I can find using this powershell command (Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy).MaxPasswordAge.TotalDays. Am I missing something?

have you seen this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3764327/active-directory-user-password-expiration-date-net-ou-group-policy — Khadim Ali, May 23 '13 at 12:09

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

You need to use: Searcher.FindAll() ; once you get the results from the DirectorySearcher

Check this code:

            string domainAndUsername = string.Empty;
            string domain = string.Empty;
            string userName = string.Empty;
            string passWord = string.Empty;
            AuthenticationTypes at = AuthenticationTypes.Anonymous;
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

            domain = @"LDAP://w.x.y.z";
            domainAndUsername = @"LDAP://w.x.y.z/cn=Lawrence E."+
                        " Smithmier\, Jr.,cn=Users,dc=corp,"+
                        "dc=productiveedge,dc=com";
            userName = "Administrator";
            passWord = "xxxpasswordxxx";
            at = AuthenticationTypes.Secure;

            DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry(
                        domain, userName, passWord, at);

            DirectorySearcher mySearcher = new DirectorySearcher(entry);

            SearchResultCollection results;
            string filter = "maxPwdAge=*";
            mySearcher.Filter = filter;

            results = mySearcher.FindAll();
            long maxDays = 0;
            if(results.Count>=1)
            {
                Int64 maxPwdAge=(Int64)results[0].Properties["maxPwdAge"][0];
                maxDays = maxPwdAge/-864000000000;
            }

            DirectoryEntry entryUser = new DirectoryEntry(
                        domainAndUsername, userName, passWord, at);
            mySearcher = new DirectorySearcher(entryUser);

            results = mySearcher.FindAll();
            long daysLeft=0;
            if (results.Count >= 1)
            {
                var lastChanged = results[0].Properties["pwdLastSet"][0];
                daysLeft = maxDays - DateTime.Today.Subtract(
                        DateTime.FromFileTime((long)lastChanged)).Days;
            }
            Console.WriteLine(
                        String.Format("You must change your password within"+
                                      " {0} days"
                                     , daysLeft));
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

Extracted from here:

Active Directory user password expiration date .NET/OU Group Policy

Any code sample using `System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement` ? — Kiquenet, Jul 11 '16 at 12:15

C# can't find maxPwdAge property in user

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