Re: problems creating (enabling) an exchange mailbox using cdoexm on exchange 2003

From: Andy Webb (awebb_at_swinc.com.spamsucks.com)
Date: 03/06/04

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    1. you need to do the setinfo before the createmailbox. you'll need to redo
    a getinfo to refresh the property cache also.
    2. you need to set the userAccountControl property to enable the account as
    part of the first transaction (when you set the password)

    "galliumxe" <showkase2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
    news:370c0d38.0403032033.5367e34b@posting.google.com...
    > Hello
    >
    > Please help. I'm having a little trouble creating (enabling) a users
    > mailbox after creating their account in active directory from an ASP
    > webpage.
    >
    > I'm using an ASP component I've built using C++. My webserver is on a
    > windows 2003 server with exchange management tools(machine A) and my
    > exchange server is 2003 (machine B) and my domain controller is also
    > windows 2003 (machine C).
    >
    > The problem I'm having is after I create the user account in active
    > directory and then try to enable the mailbox, I get the following
    > error: HResult: -2147024809
    > (80070057).
    > It fails when calling the CreateMailbox method in my c++ code.
    >
    > I did get this to work using windows 2000/ exchange 2000 /ASP - web
    > server all on one machine.
    >
    > Can someone please tell me what changes I would need to make to my
    > code or environment in order to get the mailbox creation to work.
    > Thanks in Advance.
    >
    > I created a domain user which the web server uses for all anonymous
    > connections. This user also belongs to the exchange admins group.
    >
    > Here is the C++ code I used:
    >
    > variable values from my ASP page:
    > userMailBoxDB = "CN=Mailbox Store (MYEXCHANGESERVER),CN=First Storage
    > Group,CN=InformationStore,CN=MYEXCHANGESERVER,CN=Servers,CN=First
    > Administrative Group,CN=Administrative Groups,CN=myOrg,CN=Microsoft
    > Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=mydomain,DC=com"
    >
    > userID = "userID"
    > useremail = "userID@mydomain.com"
    > password = "userpassword"
    > userCN = "cn=userID"
    >
    >
    > securityaccountPassword= "DCadminpassword"
    > securityaccountUser= "cn=DCadmin, cn=users, dc=mydomain, dc=com"
    >
    > UserBaseDN = "LDAP://myDCserver.mydomain.com/cn=users, DC=mydomain,
    > DC=com"
    >
    >
    > finally the C++ code:
    > CoInitialize(NULL);
    >
    > USES_CONVERSION;
    >
    > HRESULT hr;
    > HRESULT hr2;
    >
    > IDispatch *pDisp=NULL;
    > IDirectoryObject *pDirObject=NULL;
    > IADsUser *pIADsUser=NULL;
    >
    >
    > ADSVALUE sAMValue;
    > ADSVALUE uPNValue;
    > ADSVALUE classValue;
    > ADSVALUE controlValue;
    > ADSVALUE DescValue;
    >
    > ADS_ATTR_INFO attrInfo[] =
    > {
    > {L"objectClass", ADS_ATTR_UPDATE,
    > ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING, &classValue, 1 },
    > {L"sAMAccountName", ADS_ATTR_UPDATE,
    > ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING, &sAMValue, 1},
    > {L"userPrincipalName", ADS_ATTR_UPDATE,
    > ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING, &uPNValue, 1},
    > {L"userAccountControl", ADS_ATTR_UPDATE, ADSTYPE_INTEGER,
    > &controlValue, 1},
    >
    > {L"description", ADS_ATTR_UPDATE,
    > ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING, &DescValue, 1}
    > };
    >
    > DWORD dwAttrs = sizeof(attrInfo)/sizeof(ADS_ATTR_INFO);
    >
    > classValue.dwType = ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING;
    > classValue.CaseIgnoreString = L"user";
    >
    > sAMValue.dwType=ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING;
    > sAMValue.CaseIgnoreString = UserID;
    >
    > uPNValue.dwType=ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING;
    > uPNValue.CaseIgnoreString = Useremail;
    >
    > controlValue.dwType = ADSTYPE_INTEGER;
    > controlValue.Integer=UF_NORMAL_ACCOUNT | UF_PASSWD_NOTREQD |
    > UF_MNS_LOGON_ACCOUNT;
    >
    >
    > DescValue.dwType=ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING;
    > DescValue.CaseIgnoreString = L"mydomain user";
    >
    > hr = ADsOpenObject(userBaseDN, securityaccountUser,
    > securityaccountPassword, ADS_SECURE_AUTHENTICATION|ADS_SERVER_BIND,
    > IID_IDirectoryObject, (void**) &pDirObject );
    >
    > if ( SUCCEEDED(hr) )
    > {
    > hr = pDirObject->CreateDSObject( UserCN, attrInfo, dwAttrs, &pDisp
    > );
    > if ( SUCCEEDED(hr) )
    > {
    > hr = pDisp->QueryInterface( IID_IADsUser, (void**) &pIADsUser );
    >
    > hr = pIADsUser->SetPassword(UserPassword);
    >
    > /**** CREATE A MAILBOX FOR THE NEW USER ****/
    >
    > IMailboxStore *pStore = NULL;
    >
    > hr = pIADsUser->QueryInterface(IID_IMailboxStore, (void**)
    > &pStore);
    >
    > hr = pStore->CreateMailbox( userMailBoxDB );
    >
    > pStore->Release();
    >
    > hr = pIADsUser->SetInfo();
    >
    >
    > pIADsUser->Release();
    > pDisp->Release();
    >
    > }
    >
    > pDirObject->Release();
    >
    > }
    >
    > CoUninitialize();

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