Re: Ldifde -i -f error

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From: Stefan Buchman (stefan2002b_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/27/04


Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:57:12 -0400

It looks as if the password you're using does not meet the Account
Policy that you have defined for your domain.

This could be the password complexity, minimum password length, or even
password age.

- Stefan

natoseal wrote:
> i have windows 2003 AD and Exchange 2003. i'm trying to import user.ldf and it failed. below is the error message. i'm logging in as administrator and password just password.
> can someone help me ? i think i must tpyed wrong command it used to work on windows 2000.
>
> C:\>ldifde -i -f "c:\user.ldf"
>
> Connecting to "AD.XMAN.NET"
> Logging in as current user using SSPI
> Importing directory from file "c:\user.ldf"
> Loading entries.
> Add error on line 1: Unwilling To Perform
> The server side error is "Unable to update the password. The value provided for
> the new password does not meet the length, complexity, or history requirement of
> the domain."
> 0 entries modified successfully.
> An error has occurred in the program
> No log files were written. In order to generate a log file, please
> specify the log file path via the -j option.



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