How to change a domain user's password in AD
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How to change a domain user's password in AD

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In this article, you will find a step-by-step guide on how to change passwords for domain users on the Active Directory (AD) server.

Info

By following the steps in this tutorial, permission will only be given to one selected user. To grant permission to a group, access How to change a domain user's permission in AD document.

Requirements

  • Be an administrator user or have administrative privileges to change Active Directory.
  • Have the Active Directory User and Computers installed.

Change Password

  1. At the Active Directory (AD), find the group whose permission you want to edit.
    1. Click on the group folder.
  2. In the list of group’s users, located on the right.
    1. Choose the user, right-click, and select Properties.
  3. In the new window, click on the Security tab.
    1. Select Everyone.
    2. Click Advanced.
  4. On the Permissions tab, click Add.
    1. In the new window, click Select a principal.
      1. Enter the user who will have permission to change the password in the field Enter the object name select (examples).
      2. Click OK.
    2. Scroll down to the bottom, and click Clean all.
    3. Scroll back to the top, and select only Change Password, Reset password, Read pwdLastSet, and Record pwdLastSet.
    4. Click OK.
  5. When returning to the tab screen Permissions:
    1. Click Apply, and then OK.

Confirm the change

  1. Go to senhasegura, in the upper left corner, click the Grid Menu, represented by the nine squares, and select PAM Core.
  2. In the side menu, select Credentials > All.
  3. From the list, select the credential that you modified in AD.
    1. In the Action column, click on the icon represented by the three vertical dots, and click Edit.
    2. In the Credential window, click Execution Settings.
    3. See that the Change plugin field has the value of LDAP, and the user in the Authentication credential field is registered in AD.
  4. Click X to close the window.

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