Changing user passwords
The following code sample changes the password of a user account.
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[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi") # Connect to the Adaxes service $ns = New-Object("Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi.AdmNamespace") $service = $ns.GetServiceDirectly("localhost") # Bind to the user $userDN = "CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com" $user = $service.OpenObject("Adaxes://$userDN", $null, $null, 0) # Change password $user.ChangePassword("old password","new password") - PowerShell
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Import-Module Adaxes $identity = "jsmith" # sAMAccountName # $identity = "CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com" # DN # $identity = "{EB5FEB21-E648-42AD-B86C-89D3C6807953}" # GUID # $identity = "S-1-5-21-573937-2149998-410785" # SID $oldPassword = (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "old password" -Force) $newPassword = (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "new password" -Force) Set-AdmAccountPassword -Identity $identity -OldPassword $oldPassword ` -NewPassword $newPassword -Server "domain.com" -AdaxesService localhost