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Enabling an Active Directory account using JNDI

I have successfully created a disabled user in Active Directory via JNDI, but I am not sure how to enable it. Am I supposed to manipulate the userAccountControl attribute directly? Thanks.

Solution

  • You are right.

    Here are some values and the explanation how to use them :

    UF_TEMP_DUPLICATE_ACCOUNT       0x0100
UF_NORMAL_ACCOUNT               0x0200
UF_INTERDOMAIN_TRUST_ACCOUNT     0x0800
UF_WORKSTATION_TRUST_ACCOUNT     0x1000
UF_SERVER_TRUST_ACCOUNT       0x2000
UF_DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD           0x10000
UF_SCRIPT                       0x0001
UF_ACCOUNTDISABLE               0x0002
UF_HOMEDIR_REQUIRED           0x0008
UF_LOCKOUT                     0x0010
UF_PASSWD_NOTREQD               0x0020
UF_PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE           0x0040

    Exhaustive list of values here.

    For example 

    userAccountControl = 544

    544 = 0x220 = UF_NORMAL_ACCOUNT | UF_PASSWD_NOTREQD