Basic script not running

[beefstew]

Hi, could anyone please tell me why the following script is not running?

$users = import-csv "C:\script\userlist.csv"
$container = [ADSI] "LDAP://cn=users,dc=we,dc=int"
$users | foreach {
$UserName = $_.UserName
$newUser = $container.Create("User", "cn=" + $UserName)
$newUser.Put("sAMAccountName", $UserName)
$newUser.SetInfo()
$newUser.psbase.InvokeSet('AccountDisabled', $false)
$newUser.SetInfo()
$newUser.SetPassword("P@55w0rd")
}

I receive the following errors:

Exception calling "Create" with "2" argument(s): "An invalid directory pathname was passed
"
At C:\Script\addusers.ps1:5 char:33
+ $newUser = $container.Create <<<< ("User", "cn=" + $UserName)
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CatchFromBaseAdapterMethodInvokeTI

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Script\addusers.ps1:6 char:17
+ $newUser.Put <<<< ("sAMAccountName", $UserName)
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Put:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Script\addusers.ps1:7 char:30
+ $newUser.psbase.InvokeSet <<<< ('AccountDisabled', $false)
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (InvokeSet:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Script\addusers.ps1:8 char:25
+ $newUser.SetPassword <<<< ("P@55w0rd")
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (SetPassword:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Script\addusers.ps1:9 char:21
+ $newUser.SetInfo <<<< ()
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (SetInfo:String) [], RuntimeException

 

[crobin1]

Several methods I've run across won't automatically evaluate expressions such as what you have in your Create ("cn=" + $UserName). If you're working with strings you can see if the PowerShell automatic string expansion will get it, or create the full string before you call the method. See if either of these works:

$newUser = $container.Create("User", "cn=$UserName")

$CNUsername = "cn=$UserName"
$newUser = $container.Create("User", $CNUsername)

Since the Create call failed, the other calls didn't have anything to work with. I bet if the Create call works, the rest will too