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  Dyamanagowda

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  Change user password in active directory.

  Dec 17, 2008 05:43 AM|LINK

  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); }
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  blfoleyus

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  Re: Change user password in active directory.

  Dec 17, 2008 07:25 AM|LINK

  Changing Passwords With Active Directory Can Sometimes be very [:'(] (painful).

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

  if (newpassword.Text.ToString() == checknewpassword.Text.ToString())
              {
  	      // Just fetch the user's XXXX\xxx login name
                  SPWeb webContext = SPControl.GetContextWeb(Context);
                  string strLoginName = webContext.CurrentUser.LoginName;
  
  
                  int iPosition = strLoginName.IndexOf("\\") + 1;
                  strLoginName = strLoginName.Substring(iPosition);
  
  
                  DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://blfoley.local", strLoginName, oldpassword.Text.ToString(),AuthenticationTypes.Secure);
                  DirectorySearcher search = new DirectorySearcher(entry);
  
  
                  search.Filter = "(SAMAccountName=" + strLoginName + ")";
                  search.SearchScope = SearchScope.Subtree;
  
  
                  search.CacheResults = false;
  
  
                  SearchResultCollection results = search.FindAll();
  
  
                  if (results.Count > 0)
                  {
                      foreach (SearchResult result in results)
                      {
                          try
                          {
                              entry = result.GetDirectoryEntry();
                          }
                          catch (Exception error)
  			{
  			    output.Text += "" + error.Message.ToString();
                          }
                      }
                      try
                      {
                          entry.Invoke("ChangePassword", new object[] { oldpassword.Text.ToString(), newpassword.Text.ToString() });
                          entry.CommitChanges();
                          output.Text += "Password is changed";
                      }
                      catch (Exception)
                      {
                          output.Text += " Password couldn't be changed due to restrictions<b>";
                      }
                  }
                  else
                  {
                      output.Text += "&lt;BR> User not found or bad password";
                  }
              }
              else
              {
                  output.Text += "&lt;BR>Passwords don't match";
              }

   
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  Dyamanagowda

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  Re: Change user password in active directory.

  Dec 26, 2008 08:18 AM|LINK

  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 .
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  Dyamanagowda

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  Re: Change user password in active directory.

  Jan 08, 2009 08:38 AM|LINK

  Can anybody help on this pls
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  blfoleyus

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  Re: Change user password in active directory.

  Jan 08, 2009 10:45 PM|LINK

  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?

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