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problem of changing password
Name: vhthakor Date: December 19, 2007 at 00:34:22 Pacific OS: Windows Xp SP2 & Linux CPU/Ram: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
Comment:
In our Resource Center, one PC is for general purpose for all the students. We have created student account for their use in Windows Xp Professional SP2. But, some mischief students change the password of student account, creating inconvenience to other students.
Is there any way to restrict anybody who change the password ?
Name: Ed in Texas. Date: December 19, 2007 at 01:24:17 Pacific
Reply:
vhthakor, perhaps write a batch file to check each entry for change and then deal with that user(lock up, blacklist automatically, sound an alarm loudly, etc.)? HTH. Ed in Texas.
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Response Number 2
Name: Razor2.3 Date: December 19, 2007 at 01:48:55 Pacific
Reply:
The command (from an Admin account) is:
net user studentLogon /PASSWORDCHG:NO
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Response Number 3
Name: SysLock Date: December 19, 2007 at 06:08:40 Pacific
Reply:
Another way of restricting password change is highlight My computer>right click and select manage. Expand local users and groups then under user select user name and right click, select properties and set user cannot change password.
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Response Number 4
Name: Sci-Guy Date: December 19, 2007 at 14:55:15 Pacific
Reply:
I hope you have a BIOS password on this machine, and it's not set to boot from CD. Anyone with access to the BIOS settings, and armed with a bootable CD containing Active@PasswordChange, can get around the above suggestions.
Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.
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Response Number 5
Name: Razor2.3 Date: December 19, 2007 at 17:27:19 Pacific
Reply:
Forget the PC; anyone with a bootable CD, anyone could compromise the entire computer network. (Read: Seconding Sci-Guy's advice.)
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Response Number 6
Name: rrlyon Date: December 19, 2007 at 18:56:48 Pacific
Reply:
You should have the users logging in with a limited account and setting the password to not able to change by the user. Only users with admin should have access to change anything on an open system. Since it appears to be on a network you should be using XP Pro with the advantage of setting security to limit this.
Richard
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Response Number 7
Name: vhthakor Date: December 19, 2007 at 20:02:08 Pacific
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