How to programmatically create Windows user accounts on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008?
OK, if you check my last update, the following snippet worked:
public UserPrincipal CreateNewUser(string sUserName, string sPassword)
{
// first check that the user doesn't exist
if (GetUser(sUserName) == null)
{
PrincipalContext oPrincipalContext = GetPrincipalContext();
UserPrincipal oUserPrincipal = new UserPrincipal(oPrincipalContext);
oUserPrincipal.Name = sUserName;
oUserPrincipal.SetPassword(sPassword);
//User Log on Name
//oUserPrincipal.UserPrincipalName = sUserName;
oUserPrincipal.Save();
return oUserPrincipal;
}
// if it already exists, return the old user
return GetUser(sUserName);
}
}
That worked as a console app, but failed to execute due to security exceptions when deployed as a windows service. A solution is to trust that assembly (the windows service assembly) so that the .net security will let it run. That's done, now everything is cool!