Changing Password on Win XP client across a LAN to Shared Computer

[Guest]

Hello,
I have set up numerous Windows XP Professional Machines (SP2) on a
LAN. I have set up one of the machines to share particular folders with
permissions set and non-guest authentication, i.e., when someone tries to
access the share they are prompted for the userid and passowrd. I was
setting up the user accounts so that they would have to change their password
upon the initial log on to the shared machine. However, no dialog box comes
back prompting them to change the password. The original dialog box stays as
it was and the user can not get access. No one has any problem connecting
when this "Change password after initial login" is NOT checked.

I am not using a security domain. We have password policies in place that
require the password to be changed every 90 days and so I have to logon to
the local shared machine and change the user password so their client can get
access. Basically, their local logon password must be synchronized with the
password for the account on the shared machine.

Does anyone know how to get the shared machine to let the user change his or
her password from the Windows XP client? What settings do I change for this
to happen? Is this even possible? Any information, hints, or clues would be
very much appreciated.

Thank you,

JMan

 

[Chuck]

Hello,
I have set up numerous Windows XP Professional Machines (SP2) on a
LAN. I have set up one of the machines to share particular folders with
permissions set and non-guest authentication, i.e., when someone tries to
access the share they are prompted for the userid and passowrd. I was
setting up the user accounts so that they would have to change their password
upon the initial log on to the shared machine. However, no dialog box comes
back prompting them to change the password. The original dialog box stays as
it was and the user can not get access. No one has any problem connecting
when this "Change password after initial login" is NOT checked.

I am not using a security domain. We have password policies in place that
require the password to be changed every 90 days and so I have to logon to
the local shared machine and change the user password so their client can get
access. Basically, their local logon password must be synchronized with the
password for the account on the shared machine.

Does anyone know how to get the shared machine to let the user change his or
her password from the Windows XP client? What settings do I change for this
to happen? Is this even possible? Any information, hints, or clues would be
very much appreciated.

Thank you,

JMan

JMan,

Are you talking about peer-peer authentication (ie no domain)? That's a problem
with workgroups - you have to provide local access to each server, for each
user. You can't change server account passwords from the clients.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/proper-network-design.html#Domain>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/proper-network-design.html#Domain

 

[Guest]

Hi Chuck,
Yes, I am referrring to authentication without a domain.

Thank you,

JMan