Re: change password @ command line

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nospam-comcast.net)
Date: 07/07/05 

Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:37:02 -0500

I am a bit confused in that you state that users do not have access to
domain controllers? They don't need to logon to a domain controller if that
is what you mean and using control-alt-delete they can change their domain
passwords. If they are all remote users then that is a special case and we
will need more details. You can use the AD tools such as dsmod and dsquery
if you install adminpak for Windows 2003 on an XP Pro domain computer which
is well worth having since you could also install Group Policy Management
Console on it to manage GP for your Windows 2000 domain. Of course such XP
Pro computer would need to be a secured workstation since you would need to
use domain administrator credentials on it. --- Steve

"Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4468E6C4-CB36-4E4E-A3D5-36B5CCE6B1B0@microsoft.com...
> Running windows 2000 with AD and my users do not have access to the domain
> contollers and my workstations are Windows 2000. Can I use dsmod.exe so
> that
> I can go to the command line and change my password? The AdminPak for
> Windows
> 2003 will not install on a Windows 2000 server but can I just copy the
> dsmod.exe file itself and run it from a Windows 2000 server?
>
> Is there some other way or another utility that I could use that would
> allow
> me to have users change their password at a command prompt without having
> access to domain controllers?
>
> Thanks
> Randy

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