Way for users to change password

Hello
We are using local user administration on our teamsite server on Windows Server 2003.

For security reasons these password are set to expiry after a set number of days

Users access Teamsite through the web interface.

We need a way for users to be able to change their passwords when they expire but we don't want to enable remote desktop for these users just so they can change their passwords.

Is there a way we can set this up to allow users to change their password when it expires?

Thanks
i

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Migrateduser

I am not a expert in MSDOS so not sure if you can reset user password or not. If so then write a CGI script to reset the password. You might also need a way to notify the user before the password expires to change it. Otherwise it would be difficult for them know when the password expires.

Pawan

Which version of TS ?

How did you set the expiry limit ?
You can notify the users about the password expiry through email and send the link in the mail or can customise by adding an item in the menu bar.

kaalraa

Hello
We are using local user administration on our teamsite server on Windows Server 2003.
For security reasons these password are set to expiry after a set number of days
Users access Teamsite through the web interface.
We need a way for users to be able to change their passwords when they expire but we don't want to enable remote desktop for these users just so they can change their passwords.
Is there a way we can set this up to allow users to change their password when it expires?
Thanks
i

Provide all the users a menu link... which can call a script mentioning his/her username and a field to change the password.

Adam Stoller

Hello
We are using local user administration on our teamsite server on Windows Server 2003.

For security reasons these password are set to expiry after a set number of days

Users access Teamsite through the web interface.

We need a way for users to be able to change their passwords when they expire but we don't want to enable remote desktop for these users just so they can change their passwords.

Is there a way we can set this up to allow users to change their password when it expires?

Thanks
i

Mistake #1 - using local user accounts on a Windows TeamSite server.

This will cause you all sorts of grief down the road - and you're already starting to feel it due to the need to change passwords. If you were using Domain accounts for everything except those accounts that need to be local disk accounts (e.g. TSIMP_hostname - which should be set to have a non-expiring password) - then this would be a non-issue.

If you ever have to move your backing store to a new server (hardware upgrade, software upgrade, etc.) - the fact that you are using local user accounts will mean that all their SIDs will be stored in the backing store and will all have to be re-mapped when you move to another server. Again, this problem is significantly reduced if you are using Domain accounts (only Administrator and accounts like TSIMP_hostname and possibly the "Web Preview Group" would have to get their SIDs re-mapped)

I suggest you think about this a bit before you try moving forward with your existing implementation. It may take a bit of work converting to domain accounts now - but it will probably save a lot of work down the road.

CRB

i am kind of in the situation that ghoti is talking about, and i agree with ghoti to downs of using local users, but there are some unknown issues in TS 6.5 or maybe antyhing pre 6.7.1 on windows that's preventing me from using domain accounts, and i couldnt figure it out exactly... it has to do with folders and files permissions. but that problem is totally solved in TS 6.7.1 with the roles and users tools.

ijh

Thanks for all the input.
But I guess what I am trying to find out.
Is how do I setup the ability for the users to change their passwords?

They can't login on to the server itself. They only access it over the web.

is there a webpage that I can setup to allow the users to change
their password for the local account?

If I am using a domain account then what happens in TeamSite if the users password expries?
There maybe cases where they log into the teamsite through the web
from a PC that is not a member of the Domain
Do they get a message saying it has expired?

Thanks

Migrateduser

Haven't tried it, but how about this.

http://www.motobit.com/help/usrmgr/sa303.htm

Adam Stoller

Thanks for all the input.
But I guess what I am trying to find out.
Is how do I setup the ability for the users to change their passwords?

They can't login on to the server itself. They only access it over the web.

is there a webpage that I can setup to allow the users to change
their password for the local account?

If I am using a domain account then what happens in TeamSite if the users password expries?
There maybe cases where they log into the teamsite through the web
from a PC that is not a member of the Domain
Do they get a message saying it has expired?

Thanks

You can create a custom menu item that prompts for the information needed and then utilizes the Windows commands for (either directly or through a Perl module interface) to perform the password change - I believe it's something like: net user username password

ISCBorisB

You can create a custom menu item that prompts for the information needed and then utilizes the Windows commands for (either directly or through a Perl module interface) to perform the password change - I believe it's something like: net username password

It's actually NET USER username password... See here

Adam Stoller

It's actually NET USER username password... See here

Whoops - my bad - distraction while typing - good catch.
I believe Win32::NetAdmin provides a reasonably API for it too.