Vista - Changing password for a local user on a remote computer....

Hi,

I've been looking for an PS script to change the password for a local user
on a remote server.

For WIN 2003 servers this works:
$admin=[adsi]("WinNT://" + $strIP + "/" + $strUser + ", user")
$admin.psbase.invoke("SetPassword", $strPWD)

But when I run the script against a Win 2008 server I get the exception:
Exception calling "Invoke" with "2" argument(s): "Exception has been thrown
by the target of an invocation."
At :line:40 char:22
+ $admin.psbase.invoke <<<< ("SetPassword", $strPWD)

Does anyone know how to fix the error or set the password for a local user -
remotely???

Really need help - have over 300 servers that need password changes.....

\\A. Mikkelsen

Hello A. Mikkelsen (anders? ;-))

I have tested your issue
and i found out that if i put a password that does not meet the password
requirements, i get the same error as you.

(was testing on a win2008 R2, but it should be the same ?).

but if the password is acceptable, i have no errors with your code
if you run it on a local powershell on the win2008 i get a more detailed
error message.


I hopt it helps!

Best Regards

Jakob Svendsen

http://blog.coretech.dk/athors/jgs




"A. Mikkelsen" <A. Mikkelsen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello A. Mikkelsen (anders? ;-))

I have tested your issue
and i found out that if i put a password that does not meet the password
requirements, i get the same error as you.

(was testing on a win2008 R2, but it should be the same ?).

but if the password is acceptable, i have no errors with your code
if you run it on a local powershell on the win2008 i get a more detailed
error message, describing the password complexity error.


I hope it helps!

Best Regards

Jakob Svendsen

http://blog.coretech.dk/athors/jgs




"A. Mikkelsen" <A. Mikkelsen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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HeY Jakob

Yes - Anders Here :-)

I just tested and it works when I:
- log in as administrator and change the password for a local user
- log in as a user that is member of the local administrator group, open
powershell as administrator, then I can change the password for the user and
the administrator.

But it doesn't work when I:
- log in as a user that is member of the local administrator group and try
to change the password for the local administrator or the user it self.

Seems that beeing member of the administrator group isn't the same as being
administrator.

Does anyone know how to run PS as Administrator on a remote system when you
connect with a user that is only member of the administrator group?

\\A. Mikkelsen

"Jakob Svendsen" wrote:

HeY Jakob

Yes - Anders Here :-)

I just tested and it works when I:
- log in as administrator and change the password for a local user
- log in as a user that is member of the local administrator group, open
powershell as administrator, then I can change the password for the user and
the administrator.

But it doesn't work when I:
- log in as a user that is member of the local administrator group and try
to change the password for the local administrator or the user it self.

Seems that beeing member of the administrator group isn't the same as being
administrator.

Does anyone know how to run PS as Administrator on a remote system when you
connect with a user that is only member of the administrator group?

\\A. Mikkelsen

"Jakob Svendsen" wrote: