I have been using the same code for 4 years on a windows authentication web application that retrieves the users password information from the Active Directory but all of a sudden, with no know changes, the production server is failing while my development server does not. The dev server is configured that same as the production server. To make things worse, the problem is also intermittant. It was working for part of the day this past weekend, now it is failing again. I don't know where to begin troubleshooting this issue. Any advice will be appreciated.
Here is the code I use to get the users password expiration date:
public int GetPasswordExpiration(string user) { try { PrincipalContext ctx = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain); UserPrincipal currLogin = UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity(ctx, user); DateTime passwordLastSet = currLogin.LastPasswordSet.Value; int doyPasswordSet = passwordLastSet.DayOfYear; int doy = DateTime.Today.DayOfYear; int daysSinceLastset = (doy - doyPasswordSet); int daysTilDue = (120 - daysSinceLastset); return (daysTilDue); } catch { return (999); } }
Here is the exception:
[COMException (0x80005000): Unknown error (0x80005000)]
System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail) +781
System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind() +44
System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.get_AdsObject() +42
System.DirectoryServices.PropertyValueCollection.PopulateList() +29
System.DirectoryServices.PropertyValueCollection..ctor(DirectoryEntry entry, String
propertyName) +119
System.DirectoryServices.PropertyCollection.get_Item(String propertyName) +163
System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.DoLDAPDirectoryInitNoContainer() +436
System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.DoDomainInit() +51
System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.Initialize() +141
System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext.get_QueryCtx() +42
System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.Principal.FindByIdentityWithTypeHelper
(PrincipalContext context, Type principalType, Nullable`1 identityType, String identityValue,
DateTime refDate) +27
System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity(PrincipalContext
context, String identityValue) +95
ArctecLogisticsWebFiles.Utilities.CommonFunctions.GetPasswordExpiration(String user) +212
ArctecLogisticsWebFiles.Controllers.LoginDisplayController._GetFriendlyName() +585
lambda_method(Closure , ControllerBase , Object[] ) +81
System.Web.Mvc.ReflectedActionDescriptor.Execute(ControllerContext
controllerContext, IDictionary`2 parameters) +264
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethod(ControllerContext
controllerContext, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor, IDictionary`2 parameters) +39
System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass15.<InvokeActionMethodWithFilters>b__12() +129
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethodFilter(IActionFilter filter,
ActionExecutingContext preContext, Func`1 continuation) +826266
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethodWithFilters(ControllerContext
controllerContext, IList`1 filters, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor, IDictionary`2 parameters)
+314
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeAction(ControllerContext controllerContext, String
actionName) +825488
System.Web.Mvc.Controller.ExecuteCore() +159
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.Execute(RequestContext requestContext) +335
System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClassb.<BeginProcessRequest>b__5() +62
System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass1.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__0() +20
System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClasse.<EndProcessRequest>b__d() +54
System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass4.<Wrap>b__3() +15
System.Web.Mvc.ServerExecuteHttpHandlerWrapper.Wrap(Func`1 func) +41
System.Web.HttpServerUtility.ExecuteInternal(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer,
Boolean preserveForm, Boolean setPreviousPage, VirtualPath path, VirtualPath filePath,
String physPath,
Exception error, String queryStringOverride) +1443
[HttpException (0x80004005): Error executing child request for
handler 'System.Web.Mvc.HttpHandlerUtil+ServerExecuteHttpHandlerAsyncWrapper'.]
System.Web.HttpServerUtility.ExecuteInternal(IHttpHandler handler, TextWriter writer,
Boolean
System.Web.Mvc.Html.ChildActionExtensions.ActionHelper(HtmlHelper htmlHelper, String
actionName, String controllerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, TextWriter textWriter) +834
System.Web.Mvc.Html.ChildActionExtensions.RenderAction(HtmlHelper htmlHelper, String
actionName, String controllerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues) +56
ASP._Page_Views_Shared__Layout_cshtml.Execute() +1973
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy() +280
System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage.ExecutePageHierarchy() +104
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter
writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +173
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.Write(HelperResult result) +89
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.RenderSurrounding(String partialViewName, Action`1 body) +234
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.PopContext() +222
System.Web.Mvc.ViewResultBase.ExecuteResult(ControllerContext context) +384
System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass1c.<InvokeActionResultWithFilters>b__19() +33
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilter(IResultFilter filter, ResultExecutingContext preContext, Func`1 continuation) +825460
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultWithFilters(ControllerContext controllerContext, IList`1 filters, ActionResult actionResult) +265
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeAction(ControllerContext controllerContext, String actionName) +825488
System.Web.Mvc.Controller.ExecuteCore() +159
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.Execute(RequestContext requestContext) +335
System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClassb.<BeginProcessRequest>b__5() +62
System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass1.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__0() +20
System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClasse.<EndProcessRequest>b__d() +54
System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +469
System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +375