User handling

[russrimm]

Problem: Over 6000 of our 7100 users in our Win2k AD domain have never logged in, and their passwords are equal to their username. We want to reset their passwords to something more secure in one pass.

Question #1: How can we reset all passwords of users who have never logged in (PwdLastSet = Null or "User Must Change Password at Next Logon = checked")

Question #2: Will CopyPwd be able to get passwords from our NT4 domain, and set them in our WIN2k AD domain, even though we have complex passwords enabled on the AD side? I'm assuming they will fail if they aren't complex.

[cmccullough]

Re: User handling

If you are going to set the passwords to the same value, such as "password", you can select these users in Hyena's right window, then right-click and choose User Properties. Type in the new password and click OK to set it for all of the selected users at once.

To filter for them initially, you can use one of the queries (Probably Users (Detailed - General)) to see the field you want, then sort/filter from there.

On the CopyPwd question, I would recommend trying it with 1 test user to find out for sure what would happen. I'm not sure if the password complexity check would happen at the time CopyPwd attempts to set the password, or later when the account is used/modified.

[russrimm]

Re: User handling

Thanks. When I do a Users (Detailed - General) under All Users, I see all users, as I expect I would. Is there any way to get this same type of listing in the OU view? I don't want to affect our sister companies OUs (we're all in the same domain.)

[cmccullough]

Re: User handling

You can double-click the OU so that the users are displayed in Hyena's right window. In the right window select the users you want to view, then right-click and choose Tabular Views->User (Detailed).