Re: Retriving the password programatically from Active Directory

From: Al Dunbar [MS-MVP] (alan-no-drub-spam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/27/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 22:27:20 -0700

"Srikanth Pai" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:299d01c3fc8c$631e3190$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >"Srikanth Pai" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message
> >news:190c01c3fbf9$4c266900$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hello there,
> >>
> >> Is it possible to retrieve the password of the user
> >> stored in the Active Directory?

<snip>

> Thanks for your replies.
>
> I was trying to achieve the following, for the Forgot
> Password Page.
>
> When the user enters his email address

On our system, if you can't logon you can't do anything on the system. We
don't know who you are.

> the system would
> retrieve the pasword of the user from the active
> directory and then send the password to the user.

By e-mail? how would he get the e-mail without logging on? And, if he could,
what would keep others from sending the e-mail and getting the password
reset?

> looking at the complications involved with retriving the
> password, how about providing an option to reset the
> password?
>
> Is there a way to programatically reset the password of
> the user in the Active Directory?
>
> when I try to use ChangePassword it says "the server is
> unwilling to change the password"
>
> any pointers on this?

Use setpassword instead of changepassword.

/Al

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