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Simple tool for changing user password - 2009/04/21 17:55
Hi Hans,
Would it be possible for you to create a simple tool for changing user password?
We get a few phone calls every week about students that has forgot their passwords. If we could get their teacher to change the password for them, it would be better for us, and quicker for the students.
I know you can use iManager for this, and we have done so with a few teachers but it's not a very simple tool. (At least the teachers doesn't think so!  )
If I might wish, I would like:
* a simple exe so it could be run directly from the server, no installation
* ability to search for username, first name and last name
* display username, first name, last name and full name of the selected user
* a new password input field and a change password button
* maybe the option to write to a log file
* be able to set the starting context from a startup switch, like <appname>.exe -<context>
I know about your program UserMan, and this would be something similar to that, only smaller and with a much simpler interface.
Regards,
Pär
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Re:Simple tool for changing user password - 2009/04/21 19:53
Hi Pär,
I do have something like that somewhere in my "archive", it generates a password, but I can change that.
You know you have to give the teachers the "password change rights" maybe you can do that as low as possible, so they can't change important other passwords (by accident).
Will add the search context, now it starts at the [root].
Do you want to have the "grace logins" "account disabled" and "intruder lockout"?
Passwords, is it "plain" NDS-password, or Universal Password?
Hans
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Re:Simple tool for changing user password - 2009/04/21 22:20
Hi Par,
An additional question.
which of the following options do you want for the search.
1. One input field, the program searches in 4 fields (cn (loginname), givenname, surname, fullname)
2. 4 inputfields, depending on the field the program searches the edir attribute
3. 1 input field and one "attribute" selection pulldown.
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Re:Simple tool for changing user password - 2009/04/22 15:52
Thanks for taking your time with this, I really appreciate it!
I've discussed this with my co-workers, and we think that option one is the best (the simpler, the better).
Is it possible to always search with wildcard? For example, if a teacher enter 'pär' it would actually search for *pär*. That would mean that searching for full name is not actually needed.
We will set the password change rights only on the student contexts. I believe I can use NDS Rights for this, right? 
"Grace logins", "account disabled" and "intruder lockout" is not needed. And we use "plain" NDS-passwords.
We started talking about passwords, and I think it would be nice with two options for setting a new password:
* Option 1 would be just a button to generate a simple password (perhaps today's date, like '2009-04-22'). We force users to change password into a personal one anyway.
* Option 2 would be to manually type in the new password.
When the user is selected, the program should display Loginname, givenname and surname so that the teacher knows that it is the right person. (Again, full name is not really needed.)
It's also good if the teacher can see if the account is locked (a password change wouldn't be necessary then).
We use the 'force unique password' setting, so if the teacher tries to enter an already used password, an error message should display this. (Other error messages as well I suppose, like if the password is too short, etc.)
I wrote before about a startup switch to select starting context. If no switch is supplied, the program can start in the root context.
This list is getting long, sorry for that... 
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Re:Simple tool for changing user password - 2009/04/22 15:52
Oops. Double post. 
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Re:Simple tool for changing user password - 2009/04/22 22:11
Hi Par,
I think I have everything I need for the program.
The few days I do not have much time to do some development. I think I can have a beta version somewhere end next week.
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