Re: Simple user/password management?

From: Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server] (oenews01_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/07/05 

Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:26:28 +0200

Hi Franc,
Franc wrote:
> Isn't there a simple way for users to manage/change their passwords
> on a 2K3 server? The clients are all Win2K, and the server is not a
> domain controller. All the solutions I've seen that suggest using
> the NT Security dialog/Change Password button don't work, apparently
> because there's no domain to define. There must be an easy way that
> I'm just overlooking. It used to be so simple.

why _must_ there be an easy way?
That is the difference between the Domain with central user management and
the Workgroup with local management.
If you prefer the local model let the users go to that server and change
their passwords there. Or use remote desktop for this - but since this is
mainly for administrative purposes I would consider this also a bad idea
from the point of security.
Where is the problem to use the server as Domain controller?

Best greetings from Germany
Olaf.

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