Reset password on 'krbtgt' account?

From: Research Services (key_at_lamar.n0-sp@m.colostate.edu.NO)
Date: 02/02/05 

Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:57:31 -0700

We noticed that in our Child Domain (part of an Active Directory Forest),
that the 'krbtgt' account is Disabled. Can we safely Reset the Password on
this account to something long and complex?

 

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