Re: How to change user account properties by ASP.NET?

From: Evgeny Zoldin (zoldin_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:40:16 +0100

Hi Joe,

thank you for your advice, but how can I get oldPassword of currently logged
User in ASP.NET for feed ChangePassword method?

Evgeny

"Joe Kaplan (MVP - ADSI)" <joseph.e.kaplan@removethis.accenture.com> wrote
in message news:%23q46FZa0EHA.2228@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Normally, a user can only call ChangePassword on themselves, not
> ResetPassword. Administrators generally have rights to ResetPassword.
> The latter doesn't require knowing the old password, the former does.
>
> I think that will solve it.
>
> Joe K.
>
> "Evgeny Zoldin" <zoldin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OeW$%23Ca0EHA.1256@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Hi ALL.
>>
>> I have the configuration:
>> 1. WinXP PRO with MS IIS 5.0 and installed ASP.NET
>> 2. ASP.NET application A configured to authenticate only users from
>> local Users group.
>>
>> I would like to de the following:
>> Logged on user is able through ASP.NET-Pages to change its own Logon
>> Username, Password and Full Name
>>
>> I tried to implement it by the code (C#):
>>
>> DirectoryEntry deCurrUser = new DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" +
>> User.Identity.Name);
>> deCurrUser.Invoke("SetPassword", new string[]{"123"} ); // ***
>>
>> If the logged on user belongs only to Users group then the statement ***
>> causes Exception "SystemUnautherizedException: General access denied
>> error".
>> But as soon as that user has been included into Administrators group the
>> statement *** is executed well.
>>
>> I know about impersonation possibility, but it requires to type clear
>> Administrators username and password in code-behind class that will be
>> published on target server.
>>
>> So, what should I do in order to give to user the ability to change its
>> username, password and full name?
>> May be orginize on the target server a group, add the users into the
>> group and gain to this group some specils rights?
>>
>> Thanx
>> Evgeny
>>
>
>

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