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Re: diradmin password change



You can use pwpolicy CLI like :

pwpolicy -a diradmin -p passofdiradmin -u usersshortnametochangethepassto
-setpassword thebrandnewpassfortheuser

If you give "-a diradmin" and "-u diradmin" it will change the diradmin's
password


le 28/11/05 14:38, Josh Wisenbaker à email@hidden a écrit :

>> Hi
>> 
>> What's the safest way to change the password of diradmin in 10.4.3
>> server? In 10.3 the main admin account was also the directory admin
>> account, and I munged things by changing the password in WGM, (I was
>> able to rescue it using an article on AFP548.com's website). Cheers
> 
> Oh such a fun thread. Pet peeves abound... ;-)
> 
> 1. I wouldn't use diradmin as your OD admin name. It's just a default and
> I would think that something more specific to your organization would be
> better.
> 
> 2. On 10.3 I would never advise you make your local and OD domain admins
> have the same name. Apple is helping with this practice now on 10.4.
> 
> To answer your question though you should be able to use passwd, or just
> WGM like normal. Note that to change the admin password in WGM you need to
> create a second admin to log into WGM as first.
> 
> Josh,
> www.afp548.com
> 
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