IADsServiceOperations::SetPassword

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.

HRESULT SetPassword( 
  BSTR bstrNewPassword
);

Parameters

bstrNewPassword

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

Return Values

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.

Example Code [Visual Basic]

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

Example Code [C++]

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

Client: Included in Windows XP and Windows 2000 Professional.
Server: Included in Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server.
Redistributable: Requires Active Directory Client Extension on Windows NT 4.0 SP6a and Windows 95/98/Me.
Header: Declared in Iads.h.

See Also

IADsService, IADsService::get_ServiceAccountName, IADsServiceOperations