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How to change a filer's computer account password

About changing the filer's domain account password  Top

The CIFS option cifs.weekly_W2K_Password_change allows you to change the domain account password of a filer belonging to a Windows Active Directory domain once a week, at approximately 1:00 a.m. on Sunday. The CIFS command cifs changefilerpwd instructs the filer (either in an Active Directory domain or an NT4 Domain) to change its domain account password immediately.

Changing the filer's domain account password  Top

To change the domain account password of a filer in a Windows Active Directory domain once a week, complete the following step.

Step

Action

1

Enter the following:

options cifs.weekly_W2K_Password_change enable on|off

To change the domain account password of a filer in either a Windows Active Directory or NT4 domain once a week, complete the following step.

Step

Action

1

Enter the following:

cifs changefilerpwd

Result:

The filer responds with the following message.

password change scheduled.

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