RE: Problem with changing passwords

From: Frank (Frank_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 01:25:03 -0800

sorry, I forgot to mention that I have also set the minimum password age to 0
and that sp1 is installed

"Frank" wrote:

> I have exactly the same problem even though I have set the minimum password
> length to 1 and disabled the complexity requirements in the default domain
> security policy as well as in the default domain controller security policy
> which are the group policies of my sharepoint ou. Am I misssing something?
>
>
> "Kit Kai" wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I have an urgent problem, because I am going to deploy the solution soon.
> > I have a wss installed in account creation mode. It is also internet facing.
> > I have created a registration page, where upon approval, I use sharepoint
> > objects to create the user in the active directory. If I login to the wss
> > site within the network, meaning the client machine is already on the
> > domain, the password changing facility works fine. But if I login through a
> > machine not on the domain (like an internet user would) I can't change the
> > password. I get this error.
> > Error setting password for user account "SPS\kitkaiml". The password must be
> > at least 7 characters, must contain capitals, numerals, or punctuation; and
> > cannot contain the account or full name. Enter a password that meets these
> > requirements in both text boxes.
> >
> > I have not installed sp1 though, and I hope not to, since it is too near the
> > deployment phase. But if that is the only solution, then I'm willing to do
> > so.
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Kit Kai
> >
> >
> >

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