[ubuntu-uk] Mint 9 and Windows 2000 Server

[Paul Jones]

On Sun, 2010-10-24 at 12:39 +0100, Grant Sewell wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:35:10 +0100
> Matt Darcy wrote:
> 
> > On 23/10/2010 21:24, Ronnie Tucker wrote:
> > > I have my EEE PC (with Mint 9) hooked up to a Windows 2000 server at
> > > work. The server is set to force the user to change their password
> > > every 30 days and the new password mustn't be the same as any of
> > > the previous dozen or so passwords.
> > >
> > > When the password is due to change my Mint 9 can't log in to the
> > > network. I have to end up going to a Windows machine, changing my
> > > password then go back to my Mint9 machine.
> > >
> > > Is there a way I can do the password change within Mint 9?
> > >
> > > Any advice is much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Ronnie
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > why is this even being asked on an Ubuntu list ???
> 
> I guess not everyone realises yet that Linux Mint is no longer based on
> Ubuntu - certainly the Wikipedia page (which for some is Gospel) still
> show it as being based on Ubuntu.
> 
> Does it hurt the Ubuntu community for someone to innocuously ask a
> question such as this?  Does it hurt us to answer it?
> 
> Grant.
> 

I agree, the answer would probably be fairly relevant to Ubuntu as well
I would imagine.

The power of Google doesnt seem to show a command line or app to reset
AD passwords so I would imagine the only way to do this would be to
either try and join the machine to the domain(which Google suggests can
be sort of done) or when the password is near to its renewal, AD
normally gives you warning, RDP from the Mint 9 machine onto the AD
server and reset your password. 

Are the system admin? If not I would be careful about putting a non-work
PC on the corporate LAN.

Paul
(peejay1977)