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Asked: 2026-05-11T07:23:35+00:00

Using any .NET framework I am able to create security groups, however when I

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Using any .NET framework

I am able to create security groups, however when I try to add users from within the same domain I get an error.

Using System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement:

TheGroup = GroupPrincipal.FindByIdentity(SecurityContext, 'GROUPNAME') TheGroup.Members.Add(SecurityContext, IdentityType.SamAccountName, 'username') TheGroup.Save()

Everything works for creating, and getting an existing group. Also adding the members works but when I try to save the changes made to the group I get this error:

Information about the domain could not be retrieved (1355).

Now doing it without using DirectoryServices.AccountManagement:

Dim dGroup As DirectoryEntry = GetDirectoryEntry(GroupPath, UserName, Password) dGroup.Properties('member').Add(nUser.Path) dGroup.CommitChanges() dGroup.Close()

Again creating/deleting groups this way is working fine, however when I try to add a member that DOES exist to the a created group I get this error:

The server is unwilling to process the request. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80072035)

Going onto the server running AD itself and I can add groups and place users in them. I am using the same credentials.

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  1. Sigh, i fixed my problem.

    I was working on this on my prod workstation connecting to the 1 of our dev AD servers. I than decided to run the project from my dev workstation and everything worked fine.

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