> Hello,
>
> I've created an ASP web page where users in our organization can
> create Active Directory computer accounts.
>
> The web page is running on a Server 2003 SP1 IIS 6 installation. The
> Exchange System Manager is running on the web server and Exchange SP2
> has been installed.
>
> The web page uses ADSI code to create a user, and then CDO code to
> create the mailbox e.g.
>
> set oOU=GetObject(<LDAP string for OU>)
> set oUser=oOU.CreateUser("user",<CN for user>)
> ' set a bunch of attributes
> ' now create mailbox
> set oMailbox=oUser
> oMailbox.CreateMailbox <string representing MTA>
>
> Now, when I connect to this site using my domain admin credentials, it
> works. However, if a user connects to this site, the user account is
> successfully created in AD but upon reaching the "CreateMailbox"
> line, I get
>
> Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01b6'
> Object doesn't support this property or method
>
> Thinking that this was most likely a permissions issue, I took the
> .asp page containing the code and converted it to a .vbs file. Then,
> I logged in as the user account and used cscript to execute the .vbs
> file. Both the user account and the mailbox were created succesfully.
>
> I don't understand why the code runs under the context of a user
> account as a vbs script, but doesn't run as an ASP page unless the
> user is a domain admin. It's not permissions on AD or Exchange or the
> code wouldn't have run as a vbs script. What is different about
> running it as an ASP page?
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide me!
>

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote:

> Michael wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've created an ASP web page where users in our organization can
> > create Active Directory computer accounts.
> >
> > The web page is running on a Server 2003 SP1 IIS 6 installation. The
> > Exchange System Manager is running on the web server and Exchange SP2
> > has been installed.
> >
> > The web page uses ADSI code to create a user, and then CDO code to
> > create the mailbox e.g.
> >
> > set oOU=GetObject(<LDAP string for OU>)
> > set oUser=oOU.CreateUser("user",<CN for user>)
> > ' set a bunch of attributes
> > ' now create mailbox
> > set oMailbox=oUser
> > oMailbox.CreateMailbox <string representing MTA>
> >
> > Now, when I connect to this site using my domain admin credentials, it
> > works. However, if a user connects to this site, the user account is
> > successfully created in AD but upon reaching the "CreateMailbox"
> > line, I get
> >
> > Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01b6'
> > Object doesn't support this property or method
> >
> > Thinking that this was most likely a permissions issue, I took the
> > .asp page containing the code and converted it to a .vbs file. Then,
> > I logged in as the user account and used cscript to execute the .vbs
> > file. Both the user account and the mailbox were created succesfully.
> >
> > I don't understand why the code runs under the context of a user
> > account as a vbs script, but doesn't run as an ASP page unless the
> > user is a domain admin. It's not permissions on AD or Exchange or the
> > code wouldn't have run as a vbs script. What is different about
> > running it as an ASP page?
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can provide me!
> >
>
> If the website allows Anonymous access, the the asp code is not running
> under the user's context.
>
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