System.DirectoryServices is not recognised in the namespace ‘System’
Right click on References under your solution. Select Add Reference. The reference can be found under the Framework Assemblies list. Select System.DirectoryServices and click Add.
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How to programmatically change Active Directory password
You can use the UserPrincipal class’ SetPassword method, provided you have enough privileges, once you’ve found the correct UserPrincipal object. Use FindByIdentity to look up the principal object in question. using (var context = new PrincipalContext( ContextType.Domain )) { using (var user = UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity( context, IdentityType.SamAccountName, userName )) { user.SetPassword( “newpassword” ); // or user.ChangePassword( … Read more
Difference between PrincipalSearcher and DirectorySearcher
I’ve spent a lot of time analyzing the differences between these two. Here’s what I’ve learned. DirectorySearcher comes from the System.DirectoryServices namespace. PrincipalSearcher comes from the System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace, which is built on top of System.DirectoryServices. PrincipalSearcher internally uses DirectorySearcher. The AccountManagement namespace (i.e. PrincipalSearcher) was designed to simplify management of User, Group, and Computer objects … Read more
System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryServicesCOMException: An operations error occurred
I had exactly the same error and fixed it by changing the site’s application pool to run under the Network Service. In IIS: Select your site’s application pool Select Advanced Settings on the right-hand side On the Advanced Settings pop-up window, scroll down to the Process Model group Change the first option called Identity to … Read more
How to get all the AD groups for a particular user?
You should use System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement. It’s much easier. Here is a nice code project article giving you an overview on all the classes in this DLL. As you pointed out, your current approach doesn’t find out the primary group. Actually, it’s much worse than you thought. There are some more cases that it doesn’t work, like … Read more
Error 0x80005000 and DirectoryServices
I had the same again and again and nothing seemed to help. Changing the path from ldap:// to LDAP:// did the trick.
How to determine if user account is enabled or disabled
this code here should work… private bool IsActive(DirectoryEntry de) { if (de.NativeGuid == null) return false; int flags = (int)de.Properties[“userAccountControl”].Value; return !Convert.ToBoolean(flags & 0x0002); }