Hi All, To change the password in active directory I have used the following code but i`m getting exception saying as Unknown error (0x80005000). Please some body help me in solving out this problem. I tried to run the "LADP://192.168.1.15” in run cmd but its giving an error msg saying as --------------------------- Find People --------------------------- An error occurred while performing the search. Your computer, your Internet service provider, or the specified directory service may be disconnected. Check your connections and try again. Operations Error --------------------------- OK --------------------------- Is that exception because of this error or it is something else suggest me how can I sole this . This is my code: ADPath = "LADP://192.168.1.15”; DirectoryEntry oDE; oDE = new DirectoryEntry(ADPath, ADUser, ADPassword, AuthenticationTypes.Secure); try { // Change the password. oDE.Invoke("ChangePassword", new object[]{strOldPassword, strNewPassword}); } catch (Exception excep) { Debug.WriteLine("Error changing password. Reason: " + excep.Message); }

Changing Passwords With Active Directory Can Sometimes be very (painful).

I have used this code many times in the past, note the ldap path..

1    
2                if (newpassword.Text.ToString() == checknewpassword.Text.ToString())
3                {
4    	      // Just fetch the user's XXXX\xxx login name
5                    SPWeb webContext = SPControl.GetContextWeb(Context);
6                    string strLoginName = webContext.CurrentUser.LoginName;
7    
8                    int iPosition = strLoginName.IndexOf("\\") + 1;
9                    strLoginName = strLoginName.Substring(iPosition);
10   
11                   DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://blfoley.local", strLoginName, oldpassword.Text.ToString(),AuthenticationTypes.Secure);
12                   DirectorySearcher search = new DirectorySearcher(entry);
13   
14                   search.Filter = "(SAMAccountName=" + strLoginName + ")";
15                   search.SearchScope = SearchScope.Subtree;
16   
17                   search.CacheResults = false;
18   
19                   SearchResultCollection results = search.FindAll();
20   
21                   if (results.Count > 0)
22                   {
23                       foreach (SearchResult result in results)
24                       {
25                           try
26                           {
27                               entry = result.GetDirectoryEntry();
28                           }
29                           catch (Exception error) 
30   			{ 
31   			    output.Text += "" + error.Message.ToString(); 
32                           }
33                       }
34                       try
35                       {
36                           entry.Invoke("ChangePassword", new object[] { oldpassword.Text.ToString(), newpassword.Text.ToString() });
37                           entry.CommitChanges();
38                           output.Text += "Password is changed";
39                       }
40                       catch (Exception)
41                       {
42                           output.Text += " Password couldn't be changed due to restrictions<b>";
43                       }
44                   }
45                   else
46                   {
47                       output.Text += "&lt;BR> User not found or bad password";
48                   }
49               }
50               else
51               {
52                   output.Text += "&lt;BR>Passwords don't match";
53               }

 

Hi , I used the above code but it give exception once it return back from the invoke function . I mean once it reach line no 36 before coming to line 37 it goes to catch and gives error message saying Undisclosed exception .

Can anybody help on this pls

A couple of things you need to check:

Does the user that is executing the code have permission in active directory to change a password?
Is Impersonation turned on?
What were the specifics of the inner exception?
did the DirectoryEntry come back correctly?