Hi, I'm using vs2005, .net 2.0 on win2k server.

Here I'm searching for a Computer object in AD using the sid that I
translate to octet string format for use with DirectorySearcher but it's not
finding it.  But I see it using the ldp.exe.  Is there someting wrong with my
filter or is the problem with the octet string?

sid in sddl: sid = "S-1-5-21-1993962763-879983540-725345543-2608"
searchSID (sid octet string) =
"\\01\\05\\00\\00\\00\\00\\00\\05\\15\\00\\00\\00\\0B\\75\\D9\\76\\B4\\7B\\73\\34\\07\\E5\\3B\\2B\\30\\0A\\00\\00"
My search filter = "(&(objectClass=computer)(objectSid =
\\01\\05\\00\\00\\00\\00\\00\\05\\15\\00\\00\\00\\0B\\75\\D9\\76\\B4\\7B\\73\\34\\07\\E5\\3B\\2B\\30\\0A\\00\\00))"

'for (index = 1; index < dsReport.Tables["PadComputers"].Rows.Count; index++)
{
   dsReport.Tables["PadComputers"].Rows[index]["meetingName"] =
       
dsReport.Tables["PadComputers"].Rows[index]["meetingName"].ToString().Replace("$", "");//Remove the trailing $ of the computer name
   sid = dsReport.Tables["PadComputers"].Rows[index]["cn"].ToString();
   searchSID = CUnityDS.SearchFilterSID(sid);

   dsAD.Filter = "(&(objectClass=computer)" + "(objectSid = " + searchSID +
"))";
   srFound = dsAD.FindOne();
   if (srFound != null)
   {
       DataRow newRow = dsReport.Tables["AdComputers"].NewRow();
       AdDe = srFound.GetDirectoryEntry();
       newRow["objectSid"] = sid;
       newRow["cn"] = AdDe.Properties["cn"].Value.ToString();
       if (AdDe.Properties["operatingSystem"].Value != null)
           newRow["operatingSystem "] =
AdDe.Properties["operatingSystem"].Value.ToString();
       if (AdDe.Properties["operatingSystemVersion"].Value != null)
           newRow["operatingSystemVersion"] =
AdDe.Properties["operatingSystemVersion"].Value.ToString();
       dsReport.Tables["AdComputers"].Rows.Add(newRow);
   }
   else
       continue;
}