Re: Multiple AD user cannot change password setting

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From: Chriss3 [MVP] (noSpamHere_at_chrisse.se)
Date: 12/05/04

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    Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 21:25:00 +0100

    Hello Jason,
    Install Windows Server Support Tools from the Windows Server CD. Use command
    line based tool repadmin with the syntax below:

    repadmin /showreps /v 

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Christoffer Andersson
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"Jason Lowe" <jasonlowe@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i meddelandet 
news:B2C5D460-9594-4B46-8079-0095BE012FBF@microsoft.com...
>I have 4 win2000 servers (SP4) with AD in the same tree same subnet. My
> problem is whenever I go into ADUC and change the users settings by 
> ticking
> the option user cannot change password. It works and the other AD show 
> with
> the change as well. However, after 20 minutes or so, the setting is lost,
> i.e. the option is now unticked.
>
> It happens for all the users. All users have the Password Never Expires
> settings ticked; I have checked that there is no denied ACEs, I think all 
> the
> user accounts have created by administrator; no event logs are related to
> this; I don't have Default Group Policy defined in Accounts policies.
>
> So, may be the replication is not working properly, is there anything else
> that I need to check? or how can I ensure that the replication is working
> 100%?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> -- 
> Jason Lowe.
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