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Hi..

I am not sure if this is the best place to post this message, but I have a problem that has me stumped.


I am using a C# .net console application to Set the password on an ADAM user that was created using the System.DirectoryServices namespace. The user gets created successfully, however I am running into errors when trying to set the user's password. I am a running the console application on a windows 2000 server(with SP 4). The ADAM instance is running on a Windows XP Professional workstation. Both computers are on the same domain. The console application is running under an account that has administrator rights on both computers. SSL and Kerberos are not being used.   When I try to change the password using the code given below, I get the following error:



Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The network path was not found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070035).





Code:

DirectoryEntry entryUser = new DirectoryEntry();

AuthenticationTypes AuthTypes;


AuthTypes = AuthenticationTypes.Signing | AuthenticationTypes.Sealing |
AuthenticationTypes.Secure;

entryUser.Username = <domain\user>;
entryUser.Password = <password>;

entryUser.Options.PasswordEncoding = PasswordEncodingMethod.PasswordEncodingClear;
entryUser.Options.PasswordPort = 389;

entryUser.Invoke("SetOption", new object[] { ADS_OPTION_PASSWORD_PORTNUMBER, 389 });

entryUser.Invoke("SetOption", new object[] { ADS_OPTION_PASSWORD_METHOD, ADS_PASSWORD_ENCODE_CLEAR });

entryUser.Invoke("SetPassword", new object[]{"Ready2wrk!"});







This error occurs only when the console application is running on the windows 2000 server machine. If the console application is running on a third windows xp professional machine(also part of the domain, and the console application is running under a user that has admin rights), the application runs without error.

Based on these results, I think it has something to do with the Win 2000 server machine, but I don't know what.  Based on the text  "The .Net Developer's Guid to Directory Services Programming" It is my deduction that  Net*API is being used to set the password(since SSL, and Kerberos aren't being used).


Any insight would be much appreciated, since I am baffeled as to what the issue could be.


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