#password-management

Fixed: Can a password change in Active Directory be reverted? #programming #answer #computers

Can a password change in Active Directory be reverted?

I often need to log in with a user’s domain account to make sure that I’ve set up their profile correctly, but there’s no easy way to do this other than to call them and give them a temp pass and force them to change it (bad, since they often forget it,) or ask for their password (worse.)

Is there any way to change a user’s password, then…

Resolved: How do i change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server without Using CTRL ALT #fix #solution #computers

How do i change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server without Using CTRL ALT

How do i change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server without Using CTRL + ALT

I cant use CTRL + ALT + END And CTRL + ALT + DEL Is there any other Method invoking the Security Screen ?

Answer [by Dan]: How do i change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server…

Fix: Best way to securely communicate passwords and credentials to clients? #programming #answer #dev

Best way to securely communicate passwords and credentials to clients?

Often I end up doing server administration for clients as part of developing web applications, I always set up access for myself using an SSH Key pair. I usually end up choosing a random password for the root account and emailing that to my clients. The client sometimes doesn’t even need to have access, I just want to make…

Fix: Reset user's password without root #it #programming #answer

Reset user’s password without root

Is there any way to allow non-root users to change other user’s password. Specifically, is there a way to grant help desk employees the ability to do password resets. The help desk already can reset Windows passwords, which is easy to delegate out.

These are on a variety of server types, although most on HP-UX. Unfortunately, the applications that run on the…

How-to: What's the safest online password system? #dev #it #programming

What’s the safest online password system?

It’s so difficult to track dozens of passwords in different locations. Syncing fails from time to time and you end up with collision correction avoidance syndrome.

Is there a single source of safe, online, commercial password storage anywhere? One that will be around for years to come and one that is truly safe enough to ensure protection?

Answer [by Jim…

Fix: When would you use the "password never expires" option? #development #dev #solution

When would you use the "password never expires" option?

I’m simply wondering when you should set a user account so that the password never expires. On what accounts is this a good idea?

Answer [by Coops]: When would you use the "password never expires" option?

Automated scripts may use it (I’ve run into issues on systems where scheduled tasks where failing silently because the owner’s password…

Solution: Is there a way to provide user-specific passwords for Wi-Fi? #dev #computers #it

Is there a way to provide user-specific passwords for Wi-Fi?

Is there a way to provide user-specific passwords for Wi-Fi, so that different users have different passwords?

I’d like to provide each user with a different password for my Wi-Fi connection.

Answer [by Mark Henderson]: Is there a way to provide user-specific passwords for Wi-Fi?

What you need is WPA-2 Enterprise, combined with a…

Solution: Managing service passwords with Puppet #programming #solution #answer

Managing service passwords with Puppet

I’m setting up my Bacula configuration in Puppet. One thing I want to do is ensure that each password field is different. My current thought is to hash the hostname with a secret value that would ensure each file daemon has a unique password and that password can be written to both the director configuration and the file server. I definitely don’t want to…