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I have a RDN (like &quot;DC=local, DC=smart, CN=Users, CN=User One&quot;) that is returned from a certificate <br />
(CertGetNameString( pCertContext, CERT_NAME_RDN_TYPE, &nbsp;0, &amp;dwStrType, szNameString, 128))<br />
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I would like to have the SID for this RDN name. I guess there must be some kind of Active Directory (ADSI) function for this (preferably that doesn't require binding to a certain domain or server), but my knowledge to ADSI is limited?<br />

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I have a RDN (like "DC=local, DC=smart, CN=Users, CN=User One") that is returned from a certificate 
(CertGetNameString( pCertContext, CERT_NAME_RDN_TYPE,  0, &dwStrType, szNameString, 128))

I would like to have the SID for this RDN name. I guess there must be some kind of Active Directory (ADSI) function for this (preferably that doesn't require binding to a certain domain or server), but my knowledge to ADSI is limited?


Retriving the SID from a Relative Distinguished Name (RDN)

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