And you complain about me sometimes using sharp symbols to make text more clear to read? ;-))
>>> >>>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe >>>>>>Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 03:48 >>>>>>To: [email protected] >>>>>>Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Changing a users password >>>>>> >>>>>>That has got to be one of the longest signature blocks of >>>all time... >>>>>> >>>>>>Hopefully that is only stamped on mail going outside of >>>the org, hate >>>>>>to have all of that bunched up in my Exchange DBs for all daily >>>>>>mail... ;) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>-- >>>>>>O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - >>>>>>http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc A. >>>>>>Mapplebeck >>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:30 PM >>>>>>To: [email protected] >>>>>>Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Changing a users password >>>>>> >>>>>>Why not just create a custom MMC in author mode that only >>>allows ADUC >>>>>>to set password, nothing else. It is possible to do. - Marc >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- >>>>>>-"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth >>>>>>becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell, 1984 >>>>>>_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- >>>>>>Marc A. Mapplebeck, MCP/MCDST/N+/A+/CNA >>>>>>Owner, Shutterbug Productions & Consulting IT Manager, City >>>>>>Animal Hospital Ltd. >>>>>>MCP#: 3146827 >>>>>>CompTIA#: COMP001002835054 >>>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- >>>>>>P: 506-471-7044 >>>>>>ICQ: 26743793 >>>>>>Yahoo!: mmapplebeck >>>>>>MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- >>>>>>This e-mail communication (including any or all attachments) >>>>>>is intended only for the use of the person or entity to >>>>>>which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or >>>>>>privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient >>>>>>of this e-mail, any use, review, retransmission, >>>>>>distribution, dissemination, copying, printing, or other use >>>>>>of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this e-mail, is >>>>>>strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in >>>>>>error, please contact the sender and delete the original and >>>>>>any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof, >>>>>>immediately. Your co-operation is appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>>Le présent courriel (y compris toute pièce jointe) s'adresse >>>>>>uniquement à son destinataire, qu'il soit une personne ou un >>>>>>organisme, et pourrait comporter des renseignements >>>>>>privilégiés ou confidentiels. Si vous n'êtes pas le >>>>>>destinataire du courriel, il est interdit d'utiliser, de >>>>>>revoir, de retransmettre, de distribuer, de disséminer, de >>>>>>copier ou d'imprimer ce courriel, d'agir en vous y fiant ou >>>>>>de vous en servir de toute autre façon. >>>>>>Si vous avez reçu le présent courriel par erreur, prière de >>>>>>communiquer avec l'expéditeur et d'éliminer l'original du >>>>>>courriel, ainsi que toute copie électronique ou imprimée de >>>>>>celui-ci, immédiatement. Nous sommes reconnaissants de votre >>>>>>collaboration. >>>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>>>>>Oliver Marshall >>>>>>Sent: April 12, 2006 04:46 >>>>>>To: [email protected] >>>>>>Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Changing a users password >>>>>> >>>>>>Net user command only works if you have full admin rights. >>>>>>I've google'd till 2am this morning, haven't found any free >>>>>>script that doesn't use the DN. >>>>>> >>>>>>Cant use ADUC as I'm afraid that, if they see what info they >>>>>>*could* change, that it will snowball and they will want to >>>>>>change it all. The whole reason for this is that I am out of >>>>>>the office more and more and users here have a massive issue >>>>>>with passwords. At the moment they right them down on a pad >>>>>>on the "receptionists" desk (I say receptionist, but this >>>>>>lady has been here longer than the earth has been turning, >>>>>>and I would rather she could generate a new random password >>>>>>with "change on next logon" for all the users in a given OU >>>>>>than have the passwords written on a pad on someones desk, >>>>>>admin users are in a diff OU). >>>>>> >>>>>>I'll keep hunting. Thanks for the help anyway. >>>>>> >>>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ulf B. >>>>>>Simon-Weidner >>>>>>Sent: 12 April 2006 07:01 >>>>>>To: [email protected] >>>>>>Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Changing a users password >>>>>> >>>>>>Hi Oliver, >>>>>> >>>>>>First of all the receptionist needs to be delegated the >>>>>>rights to reset users passwords, as well as being made aware >>>>>>of the consequences (local credential cache of the users f.e.). >>>>>> >>>>>>To reset the password you can use commands like "net user >>>>>>username password /domain" or you can use AD-Tools like >>>>>>ADUC, "dsquery user domainroot -name whatever | dsmod -pwd >>>>>>newpass -mustchangepwd yes", or you can create your own >>>>>>script which searches for the user and changes password >>>>>>after asking for approval. >>>>>>Www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter provides the examples >>>>>>you have to glue together for this. >>>>>> >>>>>>Gruesse - Sincerely, >>>>>> >>>>>>Ulf B. Simon-Weidner >>>>>> >>>>>> MVP-Book "Windows XP - Die Expertentipps": >>>http://tinyurl.com/44zcz >>>>>> Weblog: http://msmvps.org/UlfBSimonWeidner >>>>>> Website: http://www.windowsserverfaq.org >>>>>> Profile: >>>>>>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=35E388DE-4885-4308-B >>>>>>489-F2F1214 >>>>>>C811 >>>>>>D >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>|-----Original Message----- >>>>>>|From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>|[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oliver >>>>>>|Marshall >>>>>>|Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 1:56 AM >>>>>>|To: [email protected] >>>>>>|Subject: [ActiveDir] Changing a users password >>>>>>| >>>>>>|Hi, >>>>>>| >>>>>>|I want to create a script that will allow a user here to >>>change the >>>>>>|password of any other user. >>>>>>| >>>>>>|I have found several examples, most based on the >>>examples on the MS >>>>>>|site. Thing is, they all depend on knowing the >>>>>>Distinguished Name of >>>>>>|the user, and the poor old receptionist wont have a clue >>>>>>what that is. >>>>>>| >>>>>>|Can anyone help me with a script that will change the >>>password of a >>>>>>|user just knowing the username of the user ? At the >>>least I'm after >>>>>>|some code to find the DN of a user from their username, and >>>>>>I can then >>>>>>|use that with the code I already have (I think). >>>>>>| >>>>>>| >>>>>>|Thanks >>>>>>| >>>>>>|Olly >>>>>> >>>>>>List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >>>>>>List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >>>>>>List archive: >>>>>>http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ >>>>>> This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. 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