Set-AdmUser

Question

Hello,

I try to update user properties per Powershell with "Custom commands".
Code below generates following error.

Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object.

Import-Module Adaxes

$identity = "%distinguishedName%"
$domain = $Context.GetObjectDomain("%distinguishedName%")

Set-AdmUser -Identity $identity -Server $domain -EmployeeID "A123456" -AdaxesService localhost

regards
Helmut

Answer 1

Hello Helmut,

We would like to mention, that using the Set-AdmUser cmdlet is not the best way to update user properties. First of all, you can use the Update the User action in your Custom Command. If, you perform the update using a script, this can be easily done using the predefined $Context variable. For example, the following code sample sets the EmployeeID of the user on which the Custom Command is executed to A123456:

$Context.TargetObject.Put("employeeID", "A123456")
$Context.TargetObject.SetInfo()

As for the error message, it can occur because the Custom Command is executed in a Business Rule triggering Before Creating a User. If you execute a Custom Command with the provided script on an existing user, it should work just fine. If that is not how the command is executed, please, provide us with a detailed description of the workflow that includes the Custom Command and results into the error. Screenshots would be very helpful. You can post them here or send to our email support[at]adaxes.com.

Comments

Hello,

$Context.TargetObject.Put("employeeID", "A123456")  
$Context.TargetObject.SetInfo()  

works fine, thanks.

We have a multi-domain environment, and I get the error in all domans - even in the domain where the adaxes server resides.

With the code below in a normal Powershell-ISE, I get error message below.

$identity = "CN=Test User,OU=SMB,OU=Users,OU=AccAdm,OU=Admin,DC=acs,DC=local"
Get-AdmUser -Identity $identity -Server "acs.local" -AdaxesService localhost

Get-AdmUser : Unable to cast transparent proxy to type 'Softerra.Adaxes.Interop.Adsi.IADs'.  
At C:\\Admin\\Adaxes\\Tets.ps1:12 char:1  
+ Get-AdmUser -Identity $identity -Server "acs.local" -AdaxesService lo ...  
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
 + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) \[Get-AdmUser\], InvalidCastException  
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Softerra:Adaxes:PowerShellModule:Commands:GetAdmUserCommand:ProcessRecord,Softerra.Adaxes.PowerShellModule.Commands.GetAdmUserCommand  

regards Helmut

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Hello,

works fine, thanks.

Thank you for the confirmation.

With the code below in a normal Powershell-ISE, I get error message below.

For troubleshooting purposes, navigate to folder C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi on the computer where you run the script and post here or send us (support[at]adaxes.com) a screenshot of the folder contents. Please, make sure that full names of folders are included. We need something like the following:

Also, please, check which folders located in the Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi folder contain files and provide us with the folder names (e.g. v4.0_3.9.15631.0__43a637781bd9a3c2).