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Create GroupWise User from VB application

Asked by: wenay

Hi Friends

I want to automate GroupWise User creation( thr VB 6). for that I have downloaded some code and also required necessory activex dlls. When I accessing the gw directory it gives me all the details of the users. But while creating new user in GW it gives me an error "800200009 could not create the user in eDirectory "

I loged in as admin while connecting GW directory.

do any body have any idea how to come out from the error.. Thi will give me hell lot of benefit as in our organisation we need to create average 10-15 users daily.

Note : we have Groupwise 7

Regards

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Answers

 

by: inthedarkPosted on 2007-07-31 at 03:07:04ID: 19598874

If you don't get a response here try the Groupwise support.

I can tell you how to create/amend users using Active Directory but not using Groupwise sorry.

Bet of luck :~)

 

by: ShineOnPosted on 2007-07-31 at 10:20:12ID: 19602323

I take it you're using the the GroupWise Administrative Object API from the SDK?

You have a) the current (for your site) GroupWise 32-bit client installed on your PC and b) a currently-supported Novell Client32, installed Custom (not "Typical") making sure to de-select anything you don't use, only selecting one protocol (preferably TCP/IP) and definitely installing NICI?

You need to have both the Novell Client32, with NICI, and the GroupWise client, in order for all the API calls to function to update both GroupWise and eDirectory.

You don't need the Novell client32 to run GroupWise, but to update eDirectory you do.

Another possibility is that the context isn't being set properly for the user object create logic.

Are you basing this on any of the sample code on the Novell developer site?

 

by: wenayPosted on 2007-07-31 at 23:52:41ID: 19606691

I have installed "Novell Client 4.91 SP3 for Windows" and Groupwise client also. I wan to know what is NICI. And also downloaded sample code from the nove site and its working fine axcept GW user creation.

Thanks for ur reply

Regards

 

by: wenayPosted on 2007-08-01 at 02:17:51ID: 19607201

Sorry, NICI is also checked

 

by: ShineOnPosted on 2007-08-01 at 10:13:02ID: 19610808

So, you are logged in to eDirectory as an admin-equivalent, or at least with a user that has object create trustee rights, at the time you run the app, correct?

 

by: wenayPosted on 2007-08-01 at 20:34:05ID: 19614350

Ya am logged in as an "Admin" user. One more thing I want to clear that recently we have migrated GW6.5 to GW7.0. More clarification I will give u no sooner our GW Administrator will back. For brief our domain server is reside at different location. I dont know more abt it. I am giving the path where the "wpdomain.db" resides and I think that is enough for it..

There is one more utility("import user") I have downloaded from novel site. It is giving me the same error "could not create the user in eDirectory".
 
Regards

 

by: wenayPosted on 2007-08-02 at 04:54:06ID: 19616013

My problem is resolved I was giving wroing NetID and so it was not creating eDirectory user. Now its working.

Can anybody tell me how to close this Post

Regards and thanks GURU

 

by: ShineOnPosted on 2007-08-02 at 09:08:18ID: 19618296

What do you mean by NetID?

The API has a NetID method (objUsers.NetID) that returns the distinguished name (cn + full context) of the object you're applying the method against, so if you're talking about the sample code, where it's extracting the NetID of the Admin user to find the default context for the user object creation, then you need to accept my comment http:#19602323 because in it I said:

"Another possibility is that the context isn't being set properly for the user object create logic. "

 

by: wenayPosted on 2007-08-02 at 23:11:37ID: 19622863

Thanks and sorry I didnt understood abt the contex. Any way I accept ur solution. I suggest whenever u gice any solution put some example also so that developer like me who are not exper can understand easily

Thanks once again

Regards

 

by: ShineOnPosted on 2007-08-03 at 09:18:14ID: 19626348

I understand.  I apologize - I assumed since you were working with GroupWise and eDirectory that you knew what the context of a user object is.  I'd make the same assumption if you were working with Active Directory and Exchange, since AD has a user object context as well - even though it's a different context hierarchy based on multiple "DC" levels as opposed to the x.500 O, OU hierarchy.

 

by: wenayPosted on 2007-08-08 at 00:01:33ID: 19651994

Hi Shine

I have one question if u can solve it out.

When I create user from VB Application I am unable to update some of the fields which are available in GW Admin Console. Like "Qualifier, Middle Initial and Full Name". Can u suggest me how to update these fields..

Sorry for asking in closed post..

Regards

 

by: ShineOnPosted on 2007-08-09 at 06:42:05ID: 19662065

I don't recall, so I can't say - so I'm asking you: are these fields that are properties of the GroupWise View or of the eDirectory/NDS user object?

It appears that the GroupWise Administrative API is quite limited as far as user object properties. The given name and surname properties can be set with the GroupWise Administrative API, but the qualifier - the only thing I see is "Title" which should be like an honorific.  I don't see a generational qualifier, middle initial or full name property attribute of the User object method in the GW Admin API.  If you need to change those items on the NDS user object, then you need to use another API, so look into the other API's in the NDK.

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