cusrmgr - FYI - Beware limit

[JB]

Have been running a change password script I wrote for quite some time
with no issues (uses the cusrmgr.exe - resource kit utility) until a
user attempted to create a password with a length of 13 characters.
My script checks the errorlevel which reported successful change on
200+ servers for the user but when she tried to log on with her new
password it failed.

Anyway turns out cusrmgr just truncated the password to the first 12
characters and then changed the password with this shorter password.
My work around for now was just to check the length of the password
and re-prompt if it's more than 12 characters in length.

JB

 

[dcdon]

thank you for sharing.

Can any Microsoft expert tell me how to make
passwords of more than twelve characters work, and
is there any restriction of character use?

regards,
don



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Have been running a change password script I wrote
for quite some time
with no issues (uses the cusrmgr.exe - resource kit
utility) until a
user attempted to create a password with a length
of 13 characters.
My script checks the errorlevel which reported
successful change on
200+ servers for the user but when she tried to log
on with her new
password it failed.

Anyway turns out cusrmgr just truncated the
password to the first 12
characters and then changed the password with this
shorter password.
My work around for now was just to check the length
of the password
and re-prompt if it's more than 12 characters in
length.

JB

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

You don't need cusrmgr.exe to change a password - the
following command will do it quite nicely, and does not
suffer from the limitation you observe:

net user JSmith SomeLongPassword

 

[dcdon]

Hi Buddy,

How are you?
I was wondering about the setup for cusrmgr.exe? I
might want to hire someone to do that, and I can
check him out to see if he/she really knows their
stuff. cahpesh? (don't know how to spell that
either)(guess all I know how to do is make money)

And I hope no one minds my top posting. I've tried
the bottom and I prefer the top, and it's not nearly
as efficient, when one is trying to get to as many as
possible.
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Thank you very much,
don
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You don't need cusrmgr.exe to change a password - the
following command will do it quite nicely, and does
not
suffer from the limitation you observe:

net user JSmith SomeLongPassword


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[Ray at]

Capite? I think. The only words I really remember from Italian are Albergo
(hotel) and il gatto (the cat).

Don Costanzo

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

To survive in Italy you would need "vino" at the albergo
(wine), bierra (beer), bella ragazza (gorgeous girl) and
"é troppo caro" (it's too expensive).