Automation of password updating for win2K server

Category:

Windows 2000/XP

Type:

Applications

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Author:

Anonymous

Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 6

More information:

Retrieve all users from AD Apply filtering Automatically select all option Password generation based on input mask Update flags ADS_UF_DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD, ADS_UF_PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE Create file for import in word/excel/access

Instructions: Copy the declarations and code below and paste directly into your VB project.

Declarations:
' (None)

Code:

VERSION 5.00
Object = "{F9043C88-F6F2-101A-A3C9-08002B2F49FB}#1.2#0"; "comdlg32.ocx"
Begin VB.Form Form1 
   Caption         =   "Form1"
   ClientHeight    =   4470
   ClientLeft      =   60
   ClientTop       =   345
   ClientWidth     =   5145
   LinkTopic       =   "Form1"
   ScaleHeight     =   4470
   ScaleWidth      =   5145
   StartUpPosition =   3  'Windows Default
   Begin MSComDlg.CommonDialog cmnDialogSave 
      Left            =   4320
      Top             =   3360
      _ExtentX        =   847
      _ExtentY        =   847
      _Version        =   393216
      DefaultExt      =   ".txt"
      Filter          =   "Text (*.txt)|*.txt"
   End
   Begin VB.TextBox txtPWDMask 
      Height          =   315
      Left            =   1440
      TabIndex        =   7
      Text            =   "AAA9999"
      Top             =   2880
      Width           =   1215
   End
   Begin VB.CommandButton cmdRetrieve 
      Caption         =   "&Retrieve users"
      Height          =   495
      Left            =   120
      TabIndex        =   5
      Top             =   3360
      Width           =   1215
   End
   Begin VB.CheckBox chkChecked 
      Alignment       =   1  'Right Justify
      Caption         =   "Checked"
      Height          =   375
      Left            =   2880
      TabIndex        =   4
      Top             =   2520
      Width           =   1215
   End
   Begin VB.TextBox txtFilter 
      Height          =   315
      Left            =   1440
      TabIndex        =   2
      Top             =   2520
      Width           =   1215
   End
   Begin VB.CommandButton cmdUpdate 
      Caption         =   "&Update Checked Users"
      Height          =   495
      Left            =   1440
      TabIndex        =   1
      Top             =   3360
      Width           =   1695
   End
   Begin VB.ListBox List1 
      Height          =   2310
      Left            =   120
      Style           =   1  'Checkbox
      TabIndex        =   0
      Top             =   0
      Width           =   4695
   End
   Begin VB.Label Label3 
      AutoSize        =   -1  'True
      Caption         =   "A for Letter, 9 for number"
      Height          =   195
      Left            =   2880
      TabIndex        =   8
      Top             =   2880
      Width           =   1755
   End
   Begin VB.Label Label2 
      AutoSize        =   -1  'True
      Caption         =   "Password Mask"
      Height          =   195
      Left            =   120
      TabIndex        =   6
      Top             =   3000
      Width           =   1125
   End
   Begin VB.Label Label1 
      Caption         =   "Filter"
      Height          =   255
      Left            =   240
      TabIndex        =   3
      Top             =   2520
      Width           =   615
   End
End
Attribute VB_Name = "Form1"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
' Programmer : Yves Van Hal
' Country    : Belgium
' Date       : 2nd September 2004
' Function   :
'   * Create a (filtered) list of users in the AD
'   * Option to automatically select all filtered users
'   * Option to enter a password mask
'   * Update users
'     > with flags
'         ADS_UF_PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE
'         ADS_UF_DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD
'     > with password based on password mask
'   * Write userinfo to a # separated file for import in word/excel/database

Private Sub cmdRetrieve_Click()
Dim newstr As String
' Connect to the Active Directory root objectSet
Set adsRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")

' Form a path to the top-level container of the default
strpath = "LDAP://" & adsRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext")

' Connect to the container specifiedSet
Set adsDomain = GetObject(strpath)
List1.Clear
' Enumerate through each object in the container
Form1.MousePointer = 1...