Re: passwords Service accounts and services

Yes, it would be wise to restart the service once you change the password on
the service. You should be able to do this using

sc

command from command line... For more information check out

sc /?

options.

Note: I hope these service accounts do not have excessive permissions in
domain (e.g. domain administrator permissions). :-)

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

"TwistedPair" <twistedpair@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OWr2nwLwGHA.1512@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Group,
I need to change a bunch 'o service accounts' passwords, then go to every
service that uses these accounts, and configure their passwords
appropriately. To do this I whipped up a little script that visits every
server in AD and checks the list of services on it. For each account that
I need to change I can tell the script to change that service's password,
however, here's my question . . . I will need to stop and start that
service at that point won't I? My feeling is that it will continue to run
under the old security context (old username and password) and will
eventually lock out the account that it relies upon. Hopefully I am
incorrect, or else, there is some nifty work-around. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Pair



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