On Windows Server 2019 it just prompted me to change my password because it is due to expire. This is a local user (not an AD user) and I don't want the password to expire for this user (it has a strong, randomized password). I looked around in the UI but I couldn't find a way to do this. How is this done in Server 2019?
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Is it possible to set password expiration date for one local account in Windows?  It's possible to set account policy with net accounts /maxpwage command, but I'm interested in changing the date for one specific account, without making changes to the policy or other accounts.  The net user &lt;logonname&gt; command can show the expiration date for the account given in Password Expires: field, but it seems like you cannot change it with any net user switch.
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When a user on our site loses his password and heads off to the Lost Password page we need to give him a new temporary password. I don't really mind how random this is, or if it matches all the "needed" strong password rules, all I want to do is give them a password that they can change later.  The application is a Web application written in C#. so I was thinking of being mean and going for the easy route of using part of a Guid. i.e.  Guid.NewGuid().ToString("d").Substring(1,8)   Suggesstions? thoughts?
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Is there a way I can password protect grub menu entry- e.g. if I dual boot with Windows 7 can I set it so that a password is needed to boot into Win 7?   Secondly I would also like to protect grub menu entries being changed if possible.  thanks
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I'm a Windows 7 user i used to change the username from the control panel. But I would like to know how to change it using the CLI not the GUI I have searched alot but didn't find the answer or it was unclear. A simple explanation to the code would be great
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As part of a security policy, the company I work for has given me the task of changing the sa's and SQL Server Agent service accounts' passwords for several instances.  What's the possible impact of doing this? Is there anything in particular I should watch out for? Is there any whitepaper, guide or even blog post about this kind of task? What kind of 'backup' plan should I have in place in case anything goes wrong?  Any guidance is appreciated.
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Windows 8 asks for my Live login details when I login - I'd prefer to use a local password separate from my Live password. Is it possible to use a local password?  What do I lose out on if I don't use a Live account password?
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If I attempt to change my password to nothing by opening "User Accounts", the "Change" button remains greyed out:    How do I change my password to be empty? I know you can set Ubuntu to automatically log you in, but I want my password to be empty, I never want to type in a password to authenticate myself as that user.  I know that there are reasons why this might not be a good idea, but I want to know if it is even possible. I'm using Ubuntu 12.10.
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I find that if I execute something using sudo that then if I execute something else soon after also using sudo, that it does not prompt me for my password, and although this can be inconvenient in some situations, it is a security risk in others, and a hassle to keep on coming back and executing the command to make it prompt your for the password on the next go. So I was wondering if and how I could get it to prompt me every time, or for it to at least only remember my password for a very short amount of time?
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I'm working on a Ubuntu system, and my client has completely forgotten his administrative password. He doesn't even remember entering one; however it is there.  I've tried the suggestions on the website, and I have been unsuccessful in deleting the password so that I can download applets required for running some files. Is there a solution?
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I have a domain controller with Windows Server 2012 on it. After updates, the server does not reboot immediately. However if I remote into the server I will be presented with a countdown for a reboot. The only options are to restart now or to close the notification. However the countdown still continues and the server eventually reboots without my permission. How can I stop this from occurring?
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I want a certain local user to not log off. ever.  It's much like this , however I don't necessarily care if the buttons are there, I want to pop up a messagebox that says "Please do not log off the console" with an "OK" button that then cancels the log off attempt. Can this be done in a logoff script?  there are group policies to disable the logoff button on the startmenu and on the CTRL-ALT-DEL dialog.  However what I'd like is more like , which appears to not be in server 2008 R2?  Or am I missing it?  I even tried to , but it doesn't work,   Is it possible to create a logoff script that displays a dialog warning the user to not logoff and then cancels the logoff?  I understand this is a daft need - unfortunately it is not in my power to change or push back.  I've exhausted those options.  Feel free to get a ton of upvotes on a comment explaining that this is really a dumb plan that is obviously mitigating a symptom of many many systemic issues rather than solving anything.  I fully understand that this course of action is actually creating problems.  I want this done so I can be done with this contract and never ever work with them again.
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I am trying get an unused server up and running, it booted fine but i was greeted with the login window and none of the known passwords seem to work. The server I am trying to get to work is not a Domain Controller and has not been used in a long time.  OS: Windows 2003 Server R2 Enterprise Edition  I tried Ophcrack XP (there is no WinServer version of Ophcrack) - it couldn't locate the partitions with hashes. I tried mounting the partitions myself (#mount /dev/hda*x* /mnt/ntfs), but it gave me an error saying /dev/hda*x* didn't exist.  Next I tried booting into a Ubuntu 10.04.3 LiveCD so that I could install and use chntpw - no go, Ubuntu Live wouldn't boot.  Based on what I've read up the following tools may be of help:   Windows Password recovery Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password &amp; Registry Editor Openwall's John the Ripper EBCD – Emergency Boot CD - Bootable CD (R)ecovery (I)s (P)ossible Linux rescue system   I am hoping that someone here has prior experience with Win2k3 Administrator password resets so that I don't end up having to try all of the above to find out which one works.
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The Local Users and Groups Manager doesn't like running on the Home versions of Windows...    Is there an alternative program which can provide the same amount of flexibility for editing users/groups?  (Control UserPasswords2 doesn't have nearly as much flexibility, so that doesn't count.)
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The Setup:  1) The user's password was deleted with "passwd -d " command  2) The user has cron jobs running  The Problem: Once every 30 days (default password expiration policy) the cron fails with an error  Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required ERROR: failed to open PAM security session: Success ERROR: cannot set security context   My Questions: Is there a way to prevent this from happening? Why is the authentication token expired for a user with deleted password?
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I wanted to change my own password (as an admin) so I did the following command:  sudo passwd   and then it prompted for a password but when I tryed to relog, my password was not changed. I'm now wondering what password did I changed since it did prompted me to enter a password but I'm not sure what password did it changed exactly.  I know that if I do sudo passwd &lt;MY_USER&gt; it works, I'm just wondering without a user what happens.  Thank you
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I have an install of Windows 7 that I've already put a few days into. Today I realized I've made a mistake in the username and it's driving me nuts (my personal OCD).  While changing the physical folder name is perhaps possible, though quite involved, I do not want to open that can of worms.  What I want to do is simply change the username I give when the login prompt shows up. I thought it's possible by just renaming the user account in the User Accounts but that didn't work.  Is it possible to do then? Or is the only way to create another user and spend hour migrating everything I'd already customized to that user?
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I have a really long password for my Microsoft account, and I don't want to enter that every single time I log in, so I was wondering if I could have a second, smaller password for just the computer profile. I know you can do this with a PIN, or a picture password, but can I do it with a normal password?