How to programmatically change Active Directory password

Question

I have a set of test accounts that are going to be created but the accounts will be setup to require password change on the first login. I want to write a program in C# to

Answer 1

Try this code. It works for me,

public void ChangeMyPassword(string domainName, string userName, string currentPassword, string newPassword)
{
    try
    {
        string ldapPath = "LDAP://192.168.1.xx";
        DirectoryEntry directionEntry = new DirectoryEntry(ldapPath, domainName + "\\" + userName, currentPassword);
        if (directionEntry != null)

        {
            DirectorySearcher search = new DirectorySearcher(directionEntry);
            search.Filter = "(SAMAccountName=" + userName + ")";
            SearchResult result = search.FindOne();
            if (result != null)
            {
                DirectoryEntry userEntry = result.GetDirectoryEntry();
                if (userEntry != null)
                {
                    userEntry.Invoke("ChangePassword", new object[] { currentPassword, newPassword });
                    userEntry.CommitChanges();
                }
            }
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        throw ex;
    }
}