RE: Passwords not changing in AD mode
From: ajwayman (ajwayman_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/14/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:17:02 -0800
THANK YOU! The issue was the group policy setting being undefined. I
changed it; it works, and I am eternally grateful.
"Jim Buyens" wrote:
> Are you sure the password for the WSSDOMAIN\wssaccount hasn't expired? (I
> usually give these sorts of accounts non-expiring passwords and restrict them
> to known computer names.)
>
> The domain controllers and the WSS server are separate machines, right?
>
> On the domain controller is the group policy for Minimum Password Age 0
> days? (This is a requirement).
>
> Jim Buyens
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> "ajwayman" wrote:
>
> > I've been working on this for several months now, and there's too much on my
> > server to wipe it & start over
> >
> > Since I've gotten no help here when I posted before, the only thing I can do
> > is post again, and hope for the best. Even a reply that says, "we're all
> > stumped, and you're SOL" would be better than nothing at this point.
> >
> > I'm running WSS in AD account creation mode. A new issue has come up;
> > changing the password through the website used to work. When a user tries
> > the Change Password feature, they get an error page that says, "Error
> > changing password for user account." The following event shows in the
> > Security log on the domain controller when this happens:
> >
> > Event Type: Failure Audit
> > Event Source: Security
> > Event Category: Account Management
> > Event ID: 627
> > Date: 7/20/2004
> > Time: 3:47:36 PM
> > User: WSSDOMAIN\wssaccount
> > Computer: WSSDC
> > Description:
> > Change Password Attempt:
> > Target Account Name: username
> > Target Domain: WSSDOMAIN
> > Target Account ID: WSSDOMAIN\username
> > Caller User Name: wssacount
> > Caller Domain: WSSDOMAIN
> > Caller Logon ID: (0x0,0x86976)
> > Privileges: -
> >
> > The "wssaccount" has access delegated to the OU for account management. In
> > addition, if I log into the website as the domain admin and change the user's
> > password using the "change password" function, it resets just fine.
> >
> > Actually, a user can change their own password if they are an admin in the
> > subweb they are logged into. However, if they are not an admin, the password
> > change fails.
> >
> > Basically, any time the user is prompted to enter their original password,
> > then the new password, the change doesn't take. However, if they only have
> > to enter the new password (twice), it changes just fine.
> >
> >
> >
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