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POTrying to create a new Active Directory user, Invoke("SetPassword",pwd) throws "The RPC server is unavailable"
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I'm trying to create a new user on my development active directory server using .NET System.DirectoryServices namespace. I try using the following code: <pre><code>DirectoryEntry dirEntry = new DirectoryEntry(path, "TESTDOM\\Administrator", "2109password", AuthenticationTypes.Secure | AuthenticationTypes.ServerBind); object o = dirEntry.NativeObject; DirectoryEntry newUser = dirEntry.Children.Add("CN=NewUser4", "user"); newUser.Properties["samAccountName"].Value = "NewUser4"; newUser.Properties["Description"].Add("User Description"); newUser.Invoke("SetPassword", new object[] {"2109password"} ); newUser.CommitChanges(); </code></pre> I also tried committing using <pre><code>newUser.CommitChanges(); </code></pre> before I call the Invoke to set the password. I always get a TargetInvocationException wrapping: <pre><code>InnerException {"The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA)"} System.Exception {System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException} </code></pre> The exception is always only thrown when I call <pre><code>newUser.Invoke("SetPassword", new object[] {"2109password"} ); </code></pre> If I call newUser.CommitChanges() before I try to call Invoke with SetPassword, the new user is created on the domain. I can then go manually to the AD machine and set the same password with no problems (so it's not a problem with the password string being against the rules). I've notice many post online about this but found no solution. I think it might have something to do with the fact that the machine running the code is not a member in the domain. Although the user TESTDOM\Administrator is a member of the: administrators, domain admins, schema admin and enterprise admins groups on the TESTDOM domain. Notice that I can't use System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace as I'm working with .NET 2 Any ideas on what can I do to solve this? I am desperate 
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Trying to create a new Active Directory user, Invoke("SetPassword",pwd) throws "The RPC server is unavailable"
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