Cannot set attributes using ADSI in powershell

Question

I'm trying to create new users with powershell. We're not running active directory (not sure if that changes things or not). Here's what I'm trying to do:

$machine = [ADSI]"WinNT://localhost,computer"
$newUser = $machine.Create("User", $Username)
$newUser.setpassword($Password)
$newUser.SetInfo()

Everything works up to this point and the user is created. But now I want to change additional settings like this, but they all fail

$newUser.Put("sAMAcountName", $Username)
$newUser.SetInfo()

$newUser.Put("userAccountControl", 0x10000)
$newUser.SetInfo()

UPDATE

This is the error I'm getting

Exception calling "Put" with "2" argument(s): "Exception from HRESULT: 0x8000500F"

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

Solution

JPBlanc's answer helped point me in the right direction.

The biggest problem is that there's is little to no documentation on using [ADSI] on machines that are not part of an Active Directory domain.

I was able to solve the issue using the UserFlags property.

$newUser.UserFlags = $UserFlags.DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD
$newUser.CommitChanges()

Answer 1

Can you try as administrator :

$obj = [ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME"
$user = $obj.Children.find("utilisateur1")
$user.psbase.rename("user1")
$user.put('FullName','user1')
$user.setinfo()

According to the followin code I cant see sAMAcountName or userAccountControl which are AD user attributes :

PS C:\Windows\system32> $a | fl *


UserFlags                  : {513}
MaxStorage                 : {-1}
PasswordAge                : {917}
PasswordExpired            : {0}
LoginHours                 : {255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255}
FullName                   : {user1}
Description                : {}
BadPasswordAttempts        : {0}
HomeDirectory              : {}
LoginScript                : {}
Profile                    : {}
HomeDirDrive               : {}
Parameters                 : {}
PrimaryGroupID             : {513}
Name                       : {user1}
MinPasswordLength          : {0}
MaxPasswordAge             : {3628800}
MinPasswordAge             : {0}
PasswordHistoryLength      : {0}
AutoUnlockInterval         : {1800}
LockoutObservationInterval : {1800}
MaxBadPasswordsAllowed     : {0}
objectSid                  : {1 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 21 0 0 0 151 181 85 95 2 227 17 190 248 24 47 102 18 4 0 0}
AuthenticationType         : Secure
Children                   : {}
Guid                       : {D83F1060-1E71-11CF-B1F3-02608C9E7553}
ObjectSecurity             :
NativeGuid                 : {D83F1060-1E71-11CF-B1F3-02608C9E7553}
NativeObject               : System.__ComObject
Parent                     : WinNT://WORKGROUP/JPBHPP2
Password                   :
Path                       : WinNT://WORKGROUP/JPBHPP2/user1
Properties                 : {UserFlags, MaxStorage, PasswordAge, PasswordExpired...}
SchemaClassName            : User
SchemaEntry                : System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
UsePropertyCache           : True
Username                   :
Options                    :
Site                       :
Container                  :


PS C:\Windows\system32> $a | select -ExpandProperty properties

PropertyName                                                     Value
------------                                                     -----
UserFlags                                                          513
MaxStorage                                                          -1
PasswordAge                                                        917
PasswordExpired                                                      0
LoginHours                                     {255, 255, 255, 255...}
FullName                                                         user1
Description
BadPasswordAttempts                                                  0
HomeDirectory
LoginScript
Profile
HomeDirDrive
Parameters
PrimaryGroupID                                                     513
Name                                                             user1
MinPasswordLength                                                    0
MaxPasswordAge                                                 3628800
MinPasswordAge                                                       0
PasswordHistoryLength                                                0
AutoUnlockInterval                                                1800
LockoutObservationInterval                                        1800
MaxBadPasswordsAllowed                                               0
objectSid                                              {1, 5, 0, 0...}

Answer 2

What is the error message you're getting? You probably need to grab a new reference to the user before you can modify it again.