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06.04.2008 at 11:06PM PDT, ID: 23459213
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Reset password for a user in ActiveDirectory using asp.net

Asked by lakshmidurga in Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Microsoft Visual C#.Net

Tags: Active Directory, Vb.net, C#, Asp.net, .Net

Hi all,

i am trying to reset password for a user using the vb.net ,asp.net.
Here is my code.
It is seraching the user,but when trying to set password using Directory entry ,i am getting an error

      "Unknown name. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020006 (DISP_E_UNKNOWNNAME))"      

I tried searching in google,but no luck in solving this.
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Private Function IsExistInAD(ByVal loginName As String) 
   Dim objUsersDE As New System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://10.61.1.188/DC=contentlibrary,DC=dev", loginName, "P@ssw0rd", AuthenticationTypes.Secure)
        'Dim userName As String = ExtractUserName(loginName)
        Dim search As New DirectorySearcher(objUsersDE)
        search.Filter = [String].Format("(SAMAccountName={0})", loginName)
        Dim result As SearchResult = search.FindOne()
        Try
            objUsersDE.InvokeSet("setPassword", "P@ssw0rd123")
            'objUsersDE.CommitChanges()
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.Message)
        End Try
[+][-]06.04.2008 at 11:11PM PDT, ID: 21716728

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Tags: Active Directory, Vb.net, C#, Asp.net, .Net
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[+][-]06.04.2008 at 11:12PM PDT, ID: 21716730

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