Re: Recovering admin password active directory

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From: "Ron Ruble" <raffles2@att.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:40:26 -0500

"Walther" <tdw@xs4all.nl> wrote in message news:f217f60b.0301170140.18ee445f@posting.google.com...
> I recently started for a company who's last admin was fired because of
> some felony. Not really interesting. The only problem is, the admin
> password for active directory is unknown and he is not willing to hand
> it to the company. I would like to know if there is an easy way to
> recover this password so i do not have to rebuild anything from
> scratch.

It's probably recoverable (or resettable), but not
necessarily easily.

Refusing to provide the password is another violation
of the law. Depending on which state you are in, the
law may have teeth in it, making it worthwhile to take
legal action to force him to provide the password.
Your company should probably do this anyway,
as any money spent to recover the password or
rebuild the system is recoverable under the law,
often with triple damages.

As a matter of public policy, a**holes like that
should be prosecuted anyway.

Failing that, pick up a copy of Windows NT Server
Unleashed, and check out various tools like
L0phtCrack.

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