Conference decwet::nt-developers

3221.0. "Remote Change of password" by NYOSS1::BUONOMO (Show me the MONKEY) Wed Apr 09 1997 12:38

    Hi all,
    
    Does anyone know if this is possible ?? 
    
    Thanks,
    Lou
    
Lou,

Here is another of our NT request:

We would like to manage NT passwords on our system.  We would like to
change the passwords frequently.  We want to remotely change the
passwords.  So changing the passwords will not (we don't want) be done
at the console attached to the server.  We want to change the
passwords remotely as our boxes run in a light out situation at the
client site.

Question:  How to do it?  Have DEC done it before?  We are aware of
the fact that APIs are probably available to modify the password and
store it in the proper NT place.  We  are discussing how and what is
the best way to change the permissions..

I left one little bit of the description of our problem.  We have a
SNMP manager who communicates the new password word to the agent in
our server which then passes it to a repository in the server.  The
plan will be to have some code in the server which takes it out of
repository, erases it from the repository and then stores it in the
place where NT keeps its passwords.

Can you ask around DEC west to see if we can get some help on this one
we are very intrested in avoiding the pitfalls.


If you have an question, I would be more than happy to  further
elaborate


art
    

	Sounds like they are not running in an NT Domain environment?
	If they were, they could change the password anywhere and the
	change would automatically be taken care of.

							mike

    re: NYOSS1::BUONOMO
    
    Hacks-R-Us (Hack-Am-I) says...
    
    For a non-domain user database, one could install a telnet daemon
    on the lights-out NT box and telnet into it to run some commands to
    change passwords.  The commands I am thinking of are as follows:
    
    net user username1 newpassword1
    net user username2 newpassword2
    net user username3 newpassword3
    .
    .
    .
    
    Will this work for you?
    
    /Bill

re: .2
    
>    For a non-domain user database, one could install a telnet daemon
>    on the lights-out NT box and telnet into it to run some commands to
>    change passwords.  The commands I am thinking of are as follows:
    
Is there a telnet daemon available for NT?  I'd certainly love to have
one.

-Hal

    re: .3 by NEWVAX::LAURENT
    
    >> Is there a telnet daemon available for NT?
    
    I believe there are many, Hal.  I've only tried one from Ataman. 
    There's also one (beta) in the NT 4.0 resource kit.  You'll find quite
    a few existing topics on telnet in the decwet::windows-nt conference.
    
    /Bill