IMAPasswordManagement.ChangePassword Method

Changes the password on the CSEntry object. This method is called when the call to the BeginConnectionToServer method is successful.

Namespace: Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices
Assembly: Microsoft.MetadirectoryServicesEx (in Microsoft.MetadirectoryServicesEx.dll)

Usage

'Usage
Dim instance As IMAPasswordManagement
Dim csentry As CSEntry
Dim OldPassword As String
Dim NewPassword As String

instance.ChangePassword(csentry, OldPassword, NewPassword)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub ChangePassword ( _
    csentry As CSEntry, _
    OldPassword As String, _
    NewPassword As String _
)

void ChangePassword (
    CSEntry csentry,
    string OldPassword,
    string NewPassword
)

void ChangePassword (
    CSEntry^ csentry, 
    String^ OldPassword, 
    String^ NewPassword
)

void ChangePassword (
    CSEntry csentry, 
    String OldPassword, 
    String NewPassword
)

function ChangePassword (
    csentry : CSEntry, 
    OldPassword : String, 
    NewPassword : String
)

Parameters

• csentry
  The CSEntry object that specifies the user.

• OldPassword
  The old password.

• NewPassword
  The new password.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
AccessDeniedException	The password extension failed to set the password in the connected directory.
ObjectTypeNotSupportedException	The object type does not support setting or changing passwords.
EntryPointNotImplementedException	The password extension does not implement this method.
PasswordExtensionException	The password extension throws an unknown exception.
PasswordIllFormedException	The supplied password contains extended characters or invalid characters.
PasswordPolicyViolationException	The password does not comply with the password policy.
ServerDownException	The connected directory extension cannot establish a connection to the connected directory.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Target Platforms

See Also

Reference

IMAPasswordManagement Interface
IMAPasswordManagement Members
Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices Namespace
IMAPasswordManagement Interface