Change user password in active directory.

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); }

Re: Change user password in active directory.

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";
            }

Re: Change user password in active directory.

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 .

Re: Change user password in active directory.

Can anybody help on this pls

Re: Change user password in active directory.

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?