Original post: https://gist.github.com/dzitkowskik/279164c1343e652660dc
using System; using System.Net; using System.DirectoryServices; using System.DirectoryServices.Protocols; using System.Security.Permissions; namespace LdapConnection { [DirectoryServicesPermission(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Unrestricted = true)] public class LdapConnect { public static void Main(string[] args) { try { // Create the new LDAP connection LdapDirectoryIdentifier ldi = new LdapDirectoryIdentifier("192.168.0.12", 389); System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection ldapConnection = new System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection(ldi); Console.WriteLine("LdapConnection is created successfully."); ldapConnection.AuthType = AuthType.Basic; ldapConnection.SessionOptions.ProtocolVersion = 3; NetworkCredential nc = new NetworkCredential("uid=testa,ou=people,dc=ghashd,dc=servebeer,dc=com", "zaq12wsx"); //password ldapConnection.Bind(nc); Console.WriteLine("LdapConnection authentication success"); ldapConnection.Dispose(); } catch (LdapException e) { Console.WriteLine("\r\nUnable to login:\r\n\t" + e.Message); } catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine("\r\nUnexpected exception occured:\r\n\t" + e.GetType() + ":" + e.Message); } } } }