couldnt connect to active directory on windows 2019 server - c++

Question

I am working on active directory and was reading this https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/adsi/setting-up-c---for-adsi-development and just used the mentioned code to connect to it but its not connecting to the server and says proccess exited with status code zero
i used the below code.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "activeds.h"
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
HRESULT hr;
IADsContainer *pCont;
IDispatch *pDisp=NULL;
IADs *pUser;
// Initialize COM before calling any ADSI functions or interfaces.
CoInitialize(NULL);
hr = ADsGetObject( L"LDAP://CN=users,DC=fabrikam,DC=com",
IID_IADsContainer,
(void**) &pCont );
if ( !SUCCEEDED(hr) )
{
return 0;
}
}
what am i doing wrong i did exactly as the documentation told

Answer 1

ADsGetObject is for non authenticated connection that is the code should be performed inside the server. if you are trying to connect to a server hosted on seperate machine you should be using ADsOpenObject you may have the reference in the following link
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/adshlp/nf-adshlp-adsopenobject
ADsOpenObject binds using explicit username and password you can try the following
int login(LPCWSTR uname, LPCWSTR pass)
{
HRESULT hr;
IADsContainer* pCont;
IDispatch* pDisp = NULL;
IADs* pUser;
// Initialize COM before calling any ADSI functions or interfaces.
CoInitialize(NULL);
hr = ADsOpenObject(L"LDAP://machinename.domaincontroller.domain/CN=Users,DC=domaincontrollername,DC=domainname", uname, pass,
ADS_SECURE_AUTHENTICATION, // For secure authentication
IID_IADsContainer,
(void**)&pCont);
std::cout << hr << std::endl;
std::string message = std::system_category().message(hr);
std::cout << message << std::endl;
if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
return 0;
}
else {
return 1;
}
}
instead of the variable you can type your username and password like L"usernameexample"