Error 0x80005000 and DirectoryServices

Question

I\'m trying to run a simple LDAP query using directory services in .Net.

    DirectoryEntry directoryEntry = new DirectoryEntry(\"LDAP://someserver.contoso.c         


        

Answer 1

Just FYI, I had the same error and was using the correct credentials but my LDAP url was wrong :(

I got the exact same error message and code

Answer 2

I encounter this error when I'm querying an entry of another domain of the forrest and this entry have some custom attribut of the other domain.

To solve this error, I only need to specify the server in the url LDAP :

Path with error = LDAP://CN=MyObj,DC=DOMAIN,DC=COM

Path without error : LDAP://domain.com:389/CN=MyObj,DC=Domain,DC=COM

Answer 3

In the context of Ektron, this issue is resolved by installing the "IIS6 Metabase compatibility" feature in Windows:

Check 'Windows features' or 'Role Services' for IIS6 Metabase compatibility, add if missing:

Ref: https://portal.ektron.com/KB/1088/

Answer 4

Spent a day on my similar issue, but all these answers didn't help.

Turned out in my case, I didn't enable Windows Authentication in IIS setting...

Answer 5

I had the same error - in my case it was extra slash in path argument that made the difference.

BAD:

DirectoryEntry directoryEntry = 
    new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://someserver.contoso.com/DC=contoso,DC=com/", 
                       userName, password);

GOOD:

DirectoryEntry directoryEntry = 
    new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://someserver.contoso.com/DC=contoso,DC=com", 
                       userName, password);

Answer 6

Just had that problem in a production system in the company where I live... A webpage that made a LDAP bind stopped working after an IP changed.

The solution... ... I installed Basic Authentication to perform the troubleshooting indicated here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/329986

And after that, things just started to work. Even after I re-disabled Basic Authentication in the page I was testing, all other pages started working again with Windows Authentication.

Regards, Acácio