The IADsContainer::MoveHere method moves a specified object to the container that implements this interface.The method can be used to rename an object.
The null-terminated Unicode string that specifies the ADsPath of the object to be moved.
The null-terminated Unicode string that specifies the relative name of the new object within the container. This can be NULL, in which case the object is moved. If it is not NULL, the object is renamed accordingly in the process.
Pointer to a pointer to the IDispatch interface on the moved object.
This method supports standard return values, including S_OK, for a successful operation. For more information about error codes, see ADSI Error Codes.
In Active Directory, you can move an object within the same domain or from different domains in the same directory forest. For the cross domain move, the following restrictions apply:
- The destination domain must be in the native mode.
- Objects to be moved must be a leaf object or an empty container.
- NT LAN Manager (NTLM) cannot perform authentication; use Kerberos authentication or delegation. Be aware that if Kerberos authentication is not used, the password transmits in plaintext over the network. To avoid this, use delegation with secure authentication.
- You cannot move security principals (for example, user, group, computer, and so on) belonging to a global group. When a security principal is moved, a new SID is created for the object at the destination. However, its old SID from the source, stored in the sIDHistory attribute, is preserved, as well as the password of the object.
A serverless ADsPath can be used for either the source or the destination or both.
The IADsContainer::MoveHere method can be used either to rename an object within the same container or to move an object among different containers. Moving an object retains the object RDN, whereas renaming an object alters the RDN.
For example, the following code example performs the rename action.
The following code example performs the move.
In Visual Basic applications, you can pass vbNullString as the second parameter when moving an object from one container to another.
However, you cannot do the same with VBScript. This is because VBScript maps vbNullString to an empty string instead of to a null string, as does Visual Basic. You must use the RDN explicitly, as shown in the previous example.
Examples
The following code example shows how to use this method to rename an object.
The following code example moves a user object using the IADsContainer::MoveHere method.
ADSI Error Codes
ADS_AUTHENTICATION_ENUM
ADsOpenObject
IADsContainer
IADsContainer::CopyHere
IADsOpenDSObject::OpenDsObject