Change AD LDS user password
I needed a way to change my LDS user password without knowing the password.
For some reason the account I use to logon to my AD LDS instance stops working.
I worked out that it is something to do with my password - even though I never change the password and the badPwdCount is 1.
LDP to the rescue.
- Open up a Command Prompt
- Type: ldp [enter]
- From the "Connection" menu, select "Connect"
- Connect to your server.
- From the "Options" menu, select "Connection Options"
- From the drop-down list, select "LDAP_OPT_ENCRYPT
- Set the value to 1
- Click on the "Set" button, and then the "Close" button
- Now from the "Connection" menu, select "Bind"
- Ensure that "Bind as currently logged on user" is selected.
- Click on the "OK" button.
- From the "View" menu, select "Tree"
- Type in or choose your BaseDN - click on the "OK" button
- Navigate and find the user that you need to modify.
- Right-click on the user object and select "Modify"
- In the "Edit Entry" section -> "Attribute" textbox, type: userpassword
- In the "Value" textbox, type in the new password
- In the "Operation" section, select "Replace"
- Click on the "Enter" button
- Click on the "Run" button
Done.