Re[2]: user default password checking tool

[Roman Shirokov <insecure () yandex ru>]

Hello Allan,

Friday, September 15, 2006, 11:40:11 PM, you wrote:

> To come at the problem from an oblique, the password age utility
> (http://www.systemtools.com/free.htm) can tell you the number of days
> since their last password change.

> Match that against maximum password age duration and you'll learn who
> hasn't been changing their passwords.

> On 9/14/06, vijay shetti <vijay.shetti () gmail com> wrote:
> > hello all!!
> >
> > In my company when we create a new user he is given an initial
> > password.But then he is told to change the password.The password is
> > initial of the employee name followed by 123..
> > for vijay shetti it willl be vs123...
> >
> > We have a domain based environment.I want to check now how many users
> > have not changed their initial password using some tool that gives me
> > list of usernames whose password has 123 in the end.
> >
> >
> > We follow the same procedure for creating outlook mail password.If
> > there is any tool/script that also helps me find out this then it will
> > greatly help me.
> >
> >
> > Waiting for your reply,
> > Pavan.

Hi folks

Pavan, why you don't use such thing as "User must change password at
the next log on" from Active directory. This way you can be sure that
password is changed.


-- 

 Roman Shirokov
 e-mail: insecure () yandex ru
 http://securitybox.org.ru



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