Re: You do not have permission to change your password

On 11 Apr 2005 15:07:07 -0700, JRockwood@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>
>I am having an issue when passwords are about to expire. This issue
>goes away once the password is expired though.
>
>User logs in and is prompted that his/hers password is going to expire
>in xx amount of days. The user tries to change the password but gets
>the "You do not have permission to change your password" error.
>
>Something in my group policy is causing this issue. I can move the user
>to a different, less restrictive OU, shut the computer off and log the
>user in and it will allow them to change the password.
>
>One user complained about this and said that they were not able to
>change the password until the password had expired and "you must change
>the password" message came up. So i tested this out on a few other
>users and the results are the same.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Workstations : XP
>Windows 2000 domain


You probably have minimum password age set to high. Try setting it to 1.
Computer Configuration / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Account Policies / Password Policy
in the Default Domain Group Policy.



Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
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