IADsServiceOperations::SetPassword method (iads.h)

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02/22/2024

The IADsServiceOperations::SetPassword method sets the password for the account used by the service manager. This method is called when the security context for this service is created.

Syntax

HRESULT SetPassword(
  [in] BSTR bstrNewPassword
);

Parameters

[in] bstrNewPassword

The null-terminated Unicode string to be stored as the new password.

Return value

This method supports the standard return values, including S_OK. For more information about other return values, see ADSI Error Codes.

Remarks

The property IADsService::get_ServiceAccountName identifies the account for which this password is to be set.

Examples

The following code example shows how to set a password for the Microsoft Fax Service running on Windows 2000.

Dim cp As IADsComputer
Dim so As IADsServiceOperations
Dim s As IADsService
Dim sPass As String

On Error GoTo Cleanup

Set cp = GetObject("WinNT://myMachine,computer")
Set so = cp.GetObject("Service", "Fax")
' Insert code to securely retrieve a new password from the user.
so.SetPassword sPass
 
Set s = so
MsgBox "The password for " & so.name & " has been changed on "_
        & s.ServiceAccountName

Cleanup:
    If (Err.Number<>0) Then
        MsgBox("An error has occurred. " & Err.Number)
    End If
    Set cp = Nothing
    Set so = Nothing
    Set s = Nothing

The following code example shows how to set a password for the Microsoft Fax Service running on Windows 2000.

HRESULT SetServicePassword(LPCWSTR pwszADsPath, LPCWSTR, pwszPasword)
{
    IADsContainer *pCont = NULL;
    IADsServiceOperations *pSrvOp = NULL;
    IDispatch *pDisp = NULL;
    HRESULT hr = S_OK;

    hr = ADsGetObject(pwszADsPath, IID_IADsContainer, (void**)&pCont);
    if(FAILED(hr)) 
    {
        goto Cleanup;
    }

    hr = pCont->GetObject(CComBSTR("Service"), CComBSTR("Fax"), &pDisp);
    if(FAILED(hr)) 
    {
        goto Cleanup;
    }

    hr = pDisp->QueryInterface(IID_IADsServiceOperations, (void**)&pSrvOp);
    if(FAILED(hr)) 
    {
        goto Cleanup;
    }

    // Insert code to securely retrieve the password from the user.
    hr = pSrvOp->SetPassword(CComBSTR(pwszPassword));

Cleanup:
    if(pDisp) 
    {
        pDisp->Release();
    }
    if(pCont) 
    {
        pCont->Release();
    }
    if(pSrvOp) 
    {
        pSrvOp->Release();
    }
}

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008
Target Platform	Windows
Header	iads.h
DLL	Activeds.dll