Setting Properties on a User Object

There are two ways to set properties on a user object (or any object):

• IDirectoryObject::SetObjectAttributes method. You can set properties at the server directly (no local caching).
• Property cache methods (IADs and IADsPropertyList). You can set the property values in the property cache as necessary for your application using IADs methods or IADsPropertyList methods, then write the changes back out to the directory service when they are in a consistent state using SetInfo.

Regardless of the way you set properties, you need to know at least two pieces of information about the property: 1) What is the property's syntax (data type)? and 2) Does the property allow multiple values?

For more information about the User class, see User in the Active Directory Schema reference.

For a sample application that sets properties, see the CreateUser sample, which creates a user from properties specified in an initialization file.

Setting Passwords

For the password of the user, you should use the IADsUser::ChangePassword method (if your script or application is allowing the user to change his/her own password) or IADsUser::SetPassword method (if your script or application is allowing an administrator to reset a password).