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#CHANGE MAC PASSWORD ACTIVE DIRECTORY WINDOWS#

In Active Directory Domain Services environments, a default value for Partition is set in the following cases: Note that rules listed first are evaluated first and once a default value can be determined, no further rules are evaluated. The rules for determining the default value are given below. In many cases, a default value is used for the Partition parameter if no value is specified. The cmdlet searches this partition to find the object defined by the Identity parameter. The distinguished name must be one of the naming contexts on the current directory server. Specifies the distinguished name of an Active Directory partition.

#CHANGE MAC PASSWORD ACTIVE DIRECTORY WINDOWS#

If the acting credentials do not have directory-level permission to perform the task, Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell returns a terminating error. You can then set the Credential parameter to the PSCredential object. You can also create a PSCredential object by using a script or by using the Get-Credential cmdlet. If you specify a user name for this parameter, the cmdlet prompts for a password.

To specify this parameter, you can type a user name, such as User1 or Domain01\User01 or you can specify a PSCredential object. If the cmdlet is run from such a provider drive, the account associated with the drive is the default. The default credentials are the credentials of the currently logged on user unless the cmdlet is run from an Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell provider drive. Specifies the user account credentials to use to perform this task. This command prompts the user for a new password that is stored in a temporary variable named $NewPassword, then uses it to reset the password for the user account with SamAccountName DavidChe. PS C:\> Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity DavidChe -NewPassword $NewPassword -Reset Example 4: Prompt a user for a new password that is stored in a temporary variable PS C:\> $NewPassword = (Read-Host -Prompt "Provide New Password" -AsSecureString) The cmdlet prompts you for old and new passwords. This command sets the password of the user account with DistinguishedName CN=Evan Narvaez,CN=Users,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com. Please enter the desired password for 'CN=Evan Narvaez,CN=Users,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com' Please enter the current password for 'CN=Evan Narvaez,CN=Users,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com' Example 3: Prompt a specified user to change their password PS C:\> Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity EvanNa This command sets the password of the user account with SamAccountName elisada to -NewPassword with a value, without providing an -OldPassword parameter value, will also reset the password. This command sets the password of the user account with DistinguishedName CN=Elisa Daugherty,OU=Accounts,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com to Example 2: Change a specified user's password PS C:\> Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity elisada -OldPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force) -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force)

Examples Example 1: Set a password for a user account using a distinguished name PS C:\> Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity 'CN=Elisa Daugherty,OU=Accounts,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com' -Reset -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force) To specify a default naming context for an AD LDS environment, set the msDS-defaultNamingContext property of the Active Directory directory service agent (DSA) object ( nTDSDSA) for the AD LDS instance.

A default naming context or partition is defined for the AD LDS environment.

The cmdlet is run from an Active Directory provider drive.

Note: Group MSAs cannot set password since they are changed at predetermined intervals.įor Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) environments, the Partition parameter must be specified except in the following two conditions: Similarly, you can use Get-ADUser, Get-ADComputer, or Get-ADServiceAccount, for standalone MSAs, cmdlets to retrieve account objects that you can pass through the pipeline to this cmdlet. You can also set the Identity parameter to an object variable such as $, or you can pass an object through the pipeline to the Identity parameter.įor example, you can use the Search-ADAccount cmdlet to retrieve an account object and then pass the object through the pipeline to the Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet. You can identify an account by its distinguished name, GUID, security identifier (SID) or security accounts manager (SAM) account name. The Identity parameter specifies the Active Directory account to modify. The Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet sets the password for a user, computer, or service account. In this article Syntax Set-ADAccount Password Modifies the password of an Active Directory account.