Active Directory UDF - Help & Support

[water]

[amichae1]

Hi ya, I am very new to this site and have very basic skills at scripting.

I am simply trying to use the lastest Active Directory UDF but do not know how to implement it into AutoIt.

There is a downloadable Zip file, AD1.3.0.0 and I simply don't know what to do with it.

Any help will be greatly apprecated.

With Warm Regards,

Andreas

[water]

The ZIP file contains the following files:

• Ad.au3 - the UDF itself. This needs to be included by your script
• _AD_*.au3 - Example scripts for every function. Ready to run
• _AD_*.htm - Help files for every function. Ready to run
• default.css - Cascading Style Sheet used by the htm files
• au3.userudfs.properties - List of functions to be used by the SciTE editor
• au3.user.calltips.api - Calltips used by the SciTE Editor
• ReadMe.txt - Contains the description how to "install" the UDF
• History.txt - As the name says

Download the ZIP file, unpack it to a temporary directory and read the ReadMe.txt.

If you still have questions I will be happy to help.

[bartekd]

Great excuses. Function _AD_DisablePasswordExpire works perfectly. But Func _AD_DisablePasswordChange doesnt work at all

After

$Result = _AD_DisablePasswordChange("username")
ConsoleWrite("Result: " & $Result & ", error: " & @error & ", extended: " & @extended)

i have Result: 0, error: -2147352567, extended: 0

Thank you for support.

I am having this issue (Error -2147352567) when I set _AD_SetPassword to something. Do you know what permissions need to be delegated in Active directory in order to _AD_SetPassword?

Also, just to add that this user is able to reset the password using Active Directory Users and Computers, but I am unable to use the _AD_SetPassword script. Please help.

Edited December 6, 2012 by bartekd

[water]

Which version of the UDF do you use? Which AutoIt version do you run?

[bartekd]

Autoit version 3.3.8.1

UDF Version ...: 0.41

[water]

Version 0.41 of the UDF is very, very old. Please download the current version 1.3.0.0.

For download please see my signature.

[bartekd]

I tried updating it, but the syntax has changed for allot of the functions that I use.

[water]

Which functions do you have in mind? The history shows a few script breaking changes - but for some "exotic" functions.

Version 0.41 has a serious connection bug so I strongly recommend to upgrade to the latest version.

[bartekd]

First one that I notice when I replaced my version

When I try to find a user, I use this. It comes back with no users could be found

$aList = _AD_GetObjectsInOU("", "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(|((displayName=*" & $SearchUser & "*)(name=*" & $SearchUser & "*)(cn=*" & $SearchUser & "*)(anr=" & $SearchUser & "))))", 2, "displayname,sAMAccountName");Part of name

When I reset or unlock a user, it can't find the user. I do everything based on the username of the person

Edited December 7, 2012 by bartekd

[water]

No changes have been made to _AD_GetObjectsInOU that would affect the way you use the function.

What's the value of @error after you have called the function?

[bartekd]

When I run it, it gives error = 2.

[water]

This runs fine here. Could you try and post the result you get on the SciTE console?

#include <ad.au3>
_AD_Open()
ConsoleWrite(@error & "-" & @extended & @LF)
Global $SearchUser = "Thomas"
Global $aList = _AD_GetObjectsInOU("", "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(|((displayName=*" & $SearchUser & "*)(name=*" & $SearchUser & "*)(cn=*" & $SearchUser & "*)(anr=" & $SearchUser & "))))", 2, "displayname,sAMAccountName")
ConsoleWrite(@error & "-" & @extended & @LF)
_ArrayDisplay($aList)
_AD_Close()

[bartekd]

Strange, when I run your script alone, it runs fine, but when I put your exact lines in my script, I get this

2-169

Could it be conflicting with any of the same variable names?

Edited December 7, 2012 by bartekd

[water]

Very strange. Can you post your script?

[bartekd]

I think I figured it out. If I have any other errorhandler, it will give this issue, If I disable the error handlers that I have, it works fine.

Do you know if there was any changes to the error handler in your UDF? If so, how do I either disable it, or have it work in addition to my current 2 error handlers?

[water]

When you call _AD_Open and run AutoIt version < 3.3.9.2 then the COM error handler of the UDF is enabled - if you haven't already defined a COM error handler.

Define your COM error handler before calling _AD_Open and the AD COM Error handler will not be activated.

[bartekd]

Still doesn't seem to work. Here is an example. I know I don't need the IE error handler in this example, but I am registering it to see if it causes issues.

#include <IE.au3>

_IEErrorHandlerRegister()

#include <ad.au3>
_AD_Open()
ConsoleWrite(@error & "-" & @extended & @LF)
Global $SearchUser = "thomas"
Global $aList = _AD_GetObjectsInOU("", "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(|((displayName=*" & $SearchUser & "*)(name=*" & $SearchUser & "*)(cn=*" & $SearchUser & "*)(anr=" & $SearchUser & "))))", 2, "displayname,sAMAccountName")
ConsoleWrite(@error & "-" & @extended & @LF)
_ArrayDisplay($aList)
_AD_Close()

Edited December 7, 2012 by bartekd

[water]

Found the problem. Please replace line

If $__iAD_Debug = 0 And Number(StringReplace(@AutoItVersion, ".", "")) < 3392 Then _AD_ErrorNotify(1)

in function _AD_Open with

If $__iAD_Debug = 0 And Number(StringReplace(@AutoItVersion, ".", "")) < 3392 Then
    _AD_ErrorNotify(1)
    SetError(0)
EndIf

[bartekd]

Nice, Thanks. That seems to have done the trick, I am able to use the new version now.

But going back to the original problem, it is still there. Do you know what rights need to be delegated to the user in order to setpassword?