Using DirectoryEntry to list IIS configuration data, getting a COMException

Question

I am trying to manage a set of remote IIS 6 server programmatically, but I am running into the wall.

My client is Windows 7, and I have domain administrator rights.

The corresponding code is as follows:

public void Run()
{
  DirectoryEntry W3SVC = new DirectoryEntry("IIS://server/w3svc");

  foreach (DirectoryEntry site in W3SVC.Children)
  {
    Console.WriteLine(site.Name);
  }
} 

On execution, I get the following exception:

Unhandled Exception: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Unknown error (0x80005000)
   at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail)
   at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind()
   at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.get_IsContainer()
   at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntries.ChildEnumerator..ctor(DirectoryEntry container)
   at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntries.GetEnumerator()
   at Worker.Worker.Run() in c:\code\Worker\Worker\Worker.cs:line 31
   at Worker.Worker.Main(String[] args) in c:\code\Worker\Worker\Worker.cs:line 15

I see this happening in Bind(which I assume is an attempt to connect), but I cannot get any additional information here.

Does anyone have any advice? Thank!

Answer 1

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