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powershellinstallationactive-directory
user16603959
user16603959

Reputation: 47

Change active directory User's password without active directory directly on the computer

I have a script that when utilized will allow someone to change the password of a user. It uses the below command to do this.

dsquery user -samid $username | dsmod user -pwd Password -mustchpwd yes

The only issue with this is that you have to have Active Directory in order to use this command. To access the script I utilize my network U: drive and just call a shortcut to that shared drive. However when I switch to a computer on the network that does not have active directory on it I am unable to use the script. What I am wondering is how do install Active directory onto the shared drive and have the script access active directory through that shared drive so that I can use the script on any computer regardless of whether or not they have active directory?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 511

Answers (1)

user16603959
user16603959

Reputation: 47

This code worked for me using ADSI

$pwd = "Password"
$user = (([adsisearcher]"(&(objectCategory=User)(samaccountname=$username))").findall()).properties.distinguishedname
$oUser = [adsi]“LDAP://$user”
$ouser.psbase.invoke(“SetPassword”,$pwd)
$ouser.psbase.CommitChanges()

Upvotes: 1

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