Comments on: Getting a machine’s NetBIOS domain name in C# http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/03/11/getting-a-machine%e2%80%99s-netbios-domain-name-in-csharp/ insert witty, geeky tagline here... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:33:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Duncan Smart http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/03/11/getting-a-machine%e2%80%99s-netbios-domain-name-in-csharp/#comment-1360 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:58:08 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-1360 WMI does a bunch of things, many of which are just wrappers around existing mechanisms such as this one. I always prefer the simplest possible thing that will work.

]]> By: Wiebren http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/03/11/getting-a-machine%e2%80%99s-netbios-domain-name-in-csharp/#comment-1359 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 23:06:51 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-1359 Just curious :) For WMI for example you need to have the WMI service running, why actually use that if this always works. And WMI seems the newer tech.

]]> By: Duncan Smart http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/03/11/getting-a-machine%e2%80%99s-netbios-domain-name-in-csharp/#comment-1358 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:00:55 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-1358 Not as far as I know. Is the code not working for you?

]]> By: Wiebren http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/03/11/getting-a-machine%e2%80%99s-netbios-domain-name-in-csharp/#comment-1357 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:14:56 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-1357 Is there any service on the target computer needed to run in order to let this work? i couldn’t find that info on Msdn.

]]> By: Duncan Smart http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/03/11/getting-a-machine%e2%80%99s-netbios-domain-name-in-csharp/#comment-1133 Wed, 12 May 2010 11:52:00 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-1133 OK, I guess there must be something missing from LocalSystem’s access token that these API calls specifically check for. I would think that if you ran the service as a specific user it would then work OK. Or maybe one of the other built-in accounts: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms686005(VS.85).aspx

]]> By: oleg_m http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/03/11/getting-a-machine%e2%80%99s-netbios-domain-name-in-csharp/#comment-1132 Wed, 12 May 2010 11:06:31 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-1132 >Is this code running on a Domain Controller?
No. Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, but no domain controller.

>There’s some info about this in the docs
> that might be relevant
I read it, before write to you

I think the reason is localsystem-user: he has no right to work in a network.

]]> By: Duncan Smart http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/03/11/getting-a-machine%e2%80%99s-netbios-domain-name-in-csharp/#comment-1131 Wed, 12 May 2010 10:11:47 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-1131 Is this code running on a Domain Controller? There’s some info about this in the docs that might be relevant http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370663.aspx

]]> By: oleg_m http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/03/11/getting-a-machine%e2%80%99s-netbios-domain-name-in-csharp/#comment-1130 Wed, 12 May 2010 09:19:56 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-1130 NetWkstaGetInfo Function…
If the function fails, the return value can be one of the following error codes.

ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED The user does not have access to the requested information.

32 int retval = NetWkstaGetInfo(null, 100, out pBuffer);
33 if (retval != 0)
34 throw new Win32Exception(retval);

]]> By: oleg_m http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/03/11/getting-a-machine%e2%80%99s-netbios-domain-name-in-csharp/#comment-1129 Wed, 12 May 2010 09:17:08 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-1129 Win32Exception: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access is denied

]]> By: Duncan Smart http://blog.dotsmart.net/2009/03/11/getting-a-machine%e2%80%99s-netbios-domain-name-in-csharp/#comment-1128 Wed, 12 May 2010 08:55:39 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-1128 Odd – is any exception thrown?

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