How do I create a user in active directory?

Question

I've been trying to figure this out and found some tutorials online. I am getting this error:
javax.naming.directory.NoSuchAttributeException: [LDAP: error code 16 - 00000057: LdapErr: DSID-0C090C26, comment: Error in attribute conversion operation, data 0, v1771
From this code:
try
               String userType = user.getUserType() + "s (dural)";
               LOG.debug("user type is " + userType);
               String groupName = "Thin Client Users";
               Attributes attrs = new BasicAttributes(true);
               attrs.put("objectClass", userType);
               attrs.put("samAccountName", user.getWindowsId());
               attrs.put("cn", user.getCommentString());
               attrs.put("givenName", user.getFirstName());
               attrs.put("sn", user.getLastName());
               attrs.put("displayName", user.getCommentString());
               String userName = String.format(
                         "CN=%s,OU=Staff,OU=%s,DC=elandata,DC=com",
                         user.getCommentString(), user.getUserType());
               int UF_ACCOUNTDISABLE = 0x0002;
               int UF_PASSWD_NOTREQD = 0x0020;
               int UF_PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE = 0x0040;
               int UF_NORMAL_ACCOUNT = 0x0200;
               int UF_DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD = 0x10000;
               int UF_PASSWORD_EXPIRED = 0x800000;
               attrs.put(
                         "userAccountControl",
                         Integer.toString(UF_NORMAL_ACCOUNT + UF_PASSWD_NOTREQD
                                   + UF_PASSWORD_EXPIRED + UF_ACCOUNTDISABLE));
               Context result = ctxGC.createSubcontext(userName, attrs);
               LOG.info("Creating windows account for: " + userName);
               StartTlsResponse tls = (StartTlsResponse) ctxGC
                         .extendedOperation(new StartTlsRequest());
               tls.negotiate();
               ModificationItem[] mods = new ModificationItem[2];
               String newQuotedPassword = "\"password\"";
               byte[] newUnicodePassword = newQuotedPassword.getBytes("UTF-16LE");
               mods[0] = new ModificationItem(DirContext.REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE,
                         new BasicAttribute("unicodePwd", newUnicodePassword));
               mods[1] = new ModificationItem(DirContext.REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE,
                         new BasicAttribute("userAccountControl",
                                   Integer.toString(UF_NORMAL_ACCOUNT
                                             + UF_PASSWORD_EXPIRED)));
               ctxGC.modifyAttributes(userName, mods);
               LOG.info("Set password & updated userccountControl");
               try
                    ModificationItem member[] = new ModificationItem[1];
                    member[0] = new ModificationItem(DirContext.ADD_ATTRIBUTE,
                              new BasicAttribute("member", userName));
                    ctxGC.modifyAttributes(groupName, member);
                    System.out.println("Added user to group: " + groupName);
               } catch (NamingException e)
                    System.err.println("Problem adding user to group: " + e);
               // Could have put tls.close() prior to the group modification
               // but it seems to screw up the connection or context ?
               tls.close();
               ctxGC.close();
I've tried commenting out the "unicodePwd" attribute since I can't find it on microsoft's website, but still same error.

Answer 1

Are you getting it when creating the subcontext or when modifying the attributes?
And why are you doing that in two steps? Why not just set all the attributes you need before creating the subcontext?
And is there any clue in the exception as to which attribute is wrong?
And have you tried commenting out the attributes one by one to see which it is?