Re: How do u get around expiring password problems

From: Joe Richards [MVP] (humorexpress_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/06/04 

Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:18:41 -0400

Not if you know the old one. If you know the old one you can use the
changepassword method, in fact you should be able to have the mainframe script
send that down as well. If you don't know the old one you need an account that
has the ability to set the password of that account. I fyou have AD, that can be
delegated out very granularly, if not, it has to be some higher level of perms
depending if on an NT Domain which would require account operator or on a member
machine it would require admin.

   joe 

--
Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
www.joeware.net
colin_lyse wrote:
> In article <e9iKXhzqEHA.3876@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>, "Joe Richards [MVP]" <humorexpress@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Set up two scripts
>>
>>The first is on your mainframe side, it generates a new password every 80 days.
>>
>>It then ftp's that password down to some folder on the Intel Server. The intel 
>>server runs a second script which sets the password on the account. Then the 
>>mainframe uses the new password.
>>
>>There are points where this could be insecure but it is more secure than never 
>>changing your password or opening up FTP to allow anyone to write files to the 
>>machine.
>>
> 
> thank.  How is the password changed via the script.  does it need admin rights 
> to do so?

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