netserverenum (netapi32)
Last changed: -64.22.251.193

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Summary
Enumerate all the servers on a domain or workgroup, returning an arraylist of SERVER_INFO_101 structs

C# Signature:

    [DllImport("netapi32.dll",EntryPoint="NetServerEnum")]
    public static extern int NetServerEnum(
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]string servername,
    int level,
    out IntPtr bufptr,
    int prefmaxlen,
    ref int entriesread,
    ref int totalentries,
    SV_101_TYPES servertype,
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]string domain,
    int resume_handle);

    [DllImport("netapi32.dll",EntryPoint="NetApiBufferFree")]
    public static extern int NetApiBufferFree(IntPtr buffer);

VB Signature:

    Private Declare Unicode Function NetServerEnum Lib "netapi32" _
    (ByVal Servername As IntPtr, _
    ByVal Level As Integer, _
    ByRef bufptr As IntPtr, _
    ByVal PrefMaxLen As Integer, _
    ByRef entriesread As Integer, _
    ByRef TotalEntries As Integer, _
    ByVal serverType As Integer, _
    ByVal Domain As IntPtr, _
    ByVal ResumeHandle As Integer) As Integer

Notes:

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Tips & Tricks:

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Sample Code:

using System;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

using System.Collections ;

namespace Win32

{

    /// <summary>
    /// Summary description for Class1.
    /// </summary>
    ///
    public class NetApi32
    {
        // constants
        public const uint ERROR_SUCCESS        = 0;
        public const uint ERROR_MORE_DATA    = 234;
        public enum SV_101_TYPES:uint
        {
            SV_TYPE_WORKSTATION= 0x00000001,
            SV_TYPE_SERVER= 0x00000002,
            SV_TYPE_SQLSERVER = 0x00000004,
            SV_TYPE_DOMAIN_CTRL= 0x00000008,
            SV_TYPE_DOMAIN_BAKCTRL= 0x00000010,
            SV_TYPE_TIME_SOURCE= 0x00000020,
            SV_TYPE_AFP= 0x00000040,
            SV_TYPE_NOVELL= 0x00000080,
            SV_TYPE_DOMAIN_MEMBER = 0x00000100,
            SV_TYPE_PRINTQ_SERVER = 0x00000200,
            SV_TYPE_DIALIN_SERVER = 0x00000400,
            SV_TYPE_XENIX_SERVER = 0x00000800,
            SV_TYPE_SERVER_UNIX = 0x00000800,
            SV_TYPE_NT = 0x00001000,
            SV_TYPE_WFW = 0x00002000,
            SV_TYPE_SERVER_MFPN= 0x00004000,
            SV_TYPE_SERVER_NT = 0x00008000,
            SV_TYPE_POTENTIAL_BROWSER = 0x00010000,
            SV_TYPE_BACKUP_BROWSER= 0x00020000,
            SV_TYPE_MASTER_BROWSER= 0x00040000,
            SV_TYPE_DOMAIN_MASTER = 0x00080000,
            SV_TYPE_SERVER_OSF= 0x00100000,
            SV_TYPE_SERVER_VMS= 0x00200000,
            SV_TYPE_WINDOWS= 0x00400000,
            SV_TYPE_DFS= 0x00800000,
            SV_TYPE_CLUSTER_NT= 0x01000000,
            SV_TYPE_TERMINALSERVER= 0x02000000,
            SV_TYPE_CLUSTER_VS_NT = 0x04000000,
            SV_TYPE_DCE= 0x10000000,
            SV_TYPE_ALTERNATE_XPORT= 0x20000000,
            SV_TYPE_LOCAL_LIST_ONLY= 0x40000000,
            SV_TYPE_DOMAIN_ENUM= 0x80000000,
            SV_TYPE_ALL= 0xFFFFFFFF
        };

        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
            public struct SERVER_INFO_101
        {
            [MarshalAs(System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedType.U4)]
            public UInt32 sv101_platform_id;
            [MarshalAs(System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
            public string sv101_name;

            [MarshalAs(System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedType.U4)] public UInt32 sv101_version_major;
            [MarshalAs(System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedType.U4)] public UInt32 sv101_version_minor;
            [MarshalAs(System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedType.U4)] public UInt32 sv101_type;
            [MarshalAs(System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] public string sv101_comment;
        };
        public enum PLATFORM_ID
        {
            PLATFORM_ID_DOS = 300,
            PLATFORM_ID_OS2 = 400,
            PLATFORM_ID_NT = 500,
            PLATFORM_ID_OSF = 600,
            PLATFORM_ID_VMS = 700
        }

        [DllImport("netapi32.dll",EntryPoint="NetServerEnum")]
        public static extern int NetServerEnum( [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]string servername,
            int level,
            out IntPtr bufptr,
            int prefmaxlen,
            ref int entriesread,
            ref int totalentries,
            SV_101_TYPES servertype,
            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]string domain,
            int resume_handle);

        [DllImport("netapi32.dll",EntryPoint="NetApiBufferFree")]
        public static extern int
            NetApiBufferFree(IntPtr buffer);

        [DllImport ("Netapi32", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
        private static extern int NetMessageBufferSend(
            string servername,
            string msgname,
            string fromname,
            string buf,
            int buflen);

        public static int NetMessageSend(string serverName,string messageName,string fromName,string strMsgBuffer, int iMsgBufferLen)
        {
       return NetMessageBufferSend(serverName,messageName,fromName,strMsgBuffer,iMsgBufferLen*2);
        }

public static ArrayList GetServerList( NetApi32.SV_101_TYPES ServerType)

        {
            int entriesread=0,totalentries=0;
            ArrayList alServers = new  ArrayList();

            do
            {
                // Buffer to store the available servers
                // Filled by the NetServerEnum function
                IntPtr buf = new IntPtr();

                SERVER_INFO_101 server;
                int ret = NetServerEnum(null,101,out buf,-1,
                    ref entriesread,ref totalentries,
                    ServerType,null,0);

                // if the function returned any data, fill the tree view
                if(    ret == ERROR_SUCCESS    ||
                    ret == ERROR_MORE_DATA    ||
                    entriesread > 0)
                {
                    Int32 ptr = buf.ToInt32();

                    for(int i=0; i<entriesread; i++)
                    {
                        // cast pointer to a SERVER_INFO_101 structure
                        server = (SERVER_INFO_101)Marshal.PtrToStructure(new IntPtr(ptr),typeof(SERVER_INFO_101));

                        ptr += Marshal.SizeOf(server);

                        // add the machine name and comment to the arrayList.
                        //You could return the entire structure here if desired
                         alServers.Add( server);
                    }
                }

                // free the buffer
                NetApiBufferFree(buf);

            }
            while
                (
                entriesread < totalentries &&
                entriesread != 0
                );

             return alServers;
        }
    }

}

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