Re: Group password reset

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 09/30/05 

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:24:33 -0500

Do you have a Windows 2003 domain controller?? --- Steve

"Jon LaBarge" <jonlabarge@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:eJhYrNUxFHA.628@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Sigh....
>
> Alas, the group select option will not work.
>
>
> "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:3d6dnUWf9-NcyKHeRVn-uQ@comcast.com...
>> If you have a Window 2003 domain controller you can do that with Active
>> Directory Users and Computers. I believe you highlight all the user
>> accounts, select properties, and then select user must change password at
>> next logon. I am going by memory so it may be a little more complicated
>> [not much] than that but that should get you started in the general
>> direction. You can also use the AD command line tools for dsquery for
>> user and dsmod for users of which you can pipe the results from dsquery
>> to dsmod. Use | between two commands with space before and after to pipe.
>> If you have a Windows 2000 domain you still can use the AD command line
>> tools if you install adminpak for Windows 2003 [free download from MS]
>> onto a Windows XP Pro domain computer and logon as a domain administrator
>> or use runas for those tools.
>>
>> You might want to rethink doing all the accounts in one day. Maybe do a
>> fourth or so the first day to see how it goes so as to not flood support
>> with calls. Be sure users are educated as to what the requirements are
>> for new passwords with specific examples. You might be surprised to find
>> out how hard users find this to be. --- Steve
>>
>> http://www.ss64.com/nt/dsmod.html -- dsmod example.
>>
>> "Jon LaBarge" <jonlabarge@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:e%23vqG0SxFHA.612@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Is there a way to force all users in AD to reset their password at the
>>> next logon without having to do each account 1 by 1? We have implemented
>>> PassFilt Pro SPE and I would like for all user to change their passwords
>>> to meet the new complexity requirements on the go-live day. Any
>>> suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thx,
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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