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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch @Grey
      last edited by

      @Grey said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

      First, this is a Bad Idea(tm). Lots of service accounts may not want to change their accounts and you'll break applications that rely on them. The Administrator (500) account will also have to be reset.
      Second, this command should only be used when you feel like a scorched earth method is best. It will piss off everyone in the enterprise.

      The PS is two components, joined by a pipe.
      get-aduser -filter * | set-aduser -ChangePasswordAtNextLogon $true

      ref: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617195.aspx & https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd391883(v=ws.10).aspx

      Good luck. I'm not executing that command to verify that it works, but it should. Woe betide the admin that does this in production.

      I would do this but first work on the filter for get-aduser to only pull domain users or something.

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      • coliverC
        coliver
        last edited by

        You can always add a -Whatif at the end of your command to see if it will do what you want it to.

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403
          last edited by DustinB3403

          Again this Powershell script would do this, against only the users you supply in the csv.

          You'd supply the username as SamAccountName aka "djackson" if that is the users login name.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
            last edited by

            This is another approach that will work, its OU based though.

            http://www.top-password.com/blog/force-all-ad-user-accounts-to-change-passwords-at-next-logon/

            I would recommend using powershell to pull a list of all SamAccountNames in the domain, and remove any service accounts, manually changing those passwords.

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            • T
              Texkonc @stacksofplates
              last edited by

              @stacksofplates said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

              Could help you on Linux. Sorry.

              What? You mean Linux doesnt work with AD? 🙂

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              • ObsolesceO
                Obsolesce
                last edited by

                you could add in there something like:

                Where-Object {$_.cn -notlike "*Admin*"}
                
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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403
                  last edited by DustinB3403

                  Here is what I would do.

                  Run

                   Get-ADUser -Filter * | select SAMAccountName | export-csv c:\userlist.csv
                  

                  To pull a list of all users in the domain, filter out service accounts, as you don't want those changed automatically.

                  Then run this Password Generator

                  function New-SWRandomPassword {
                  	<#
                  	.Synopsis
                  	   Generates one or more complex passwords designed to fulfill the requirements for Active Directory
                  	.DESCRIPTION
                  	   Generates one or more complex passwords designed to fulfill the requirements for Active Directory
                  	.EXAMPLE
                  	   New-SWRandomPassword
                  	   C&3SX6Kn
                  
                  	   Will generate four passwords with a length between 8  and 16 chars.
                  	.EXAMPLE
                  	   New-SWRandomPassword -MinPasswordLength 8 -MaxPasswordLength 16 -Count 20
                  	   7d&5cnaB
                  	   !Bh776T"Fw
                  	   9"C"RxKcY
                  	   %mtM7#9LQ9h
                  
                  	   Will generate four passwords, each with a length of between 8 and 12 chars.
                  	.EXAMPLE
                  	   New-SWRandomPassword -InputStrings abc, ABC, 123 -PasswordLength 4
                  	   3ABa
                  
                  	   Generates a password with a length of 4 containing atleast one char from each InputString
                  	.EXAMPLE
                  	   New-SWRandomPassword -InputStrings abc, ABC, 123 -PasswordLength 4 -FirstChar abcdefghijkmnpqrstuvwxyzABCEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ
                  	   3ABa
                  
                  	   Generates a password with a length of 4 containing atleast one char from each InputString that will start with a letter from 
                  	   the string specified with the parameter FirstChar
                  	.OUTPUTS
                  	   [String]
                  	.NOTES
                  	   Written by Simon WÃ¥hlin, blog.simonw.se
                  	   I take no responsibility for any issues caused by this script.
                  	.FUNCTIONALITY
                  	   Generates random passwords
                  	.LINK
                  	   http://blog.simonw.se/powershell-generating-random-password-for-active-directory/
                     
                  	#>
                  	#New-SWRandomPassword -MinPasswordLength 8 -MaxPasswordLength 16 -Count 4
                  	[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName='FixedLength',ConfirmImpact='None')]
                  	[OutputType([String])]
                  	Param
                  	(
                  		# Specifies minimum password length
                  		[Parameter(Mandatory=$false,
                  				   ParameterSetName='RandomLength')]
                  		[ValidateScript({$_ -gt 0})]
                  		[Alias('Min')] 
                  		[int]$MinPasswordLength = 8,
                  		
                  		# Specifies maximum password length
                  		[Parameter(Mandatory=$false,
                  				   ParameterSetName='RandomLength')]
                  		[ValidateScript({
                  				if($_ -ge $MinPasswordLength){$true}
                  				else{Throw 'Max value cannot be lesser than min value.'}})]
                  		[Alias('Max')]
                  		[int]$MaxPasswordLength = 12,
                  
                  		# Specifies a fixed password length
                  		[Parameter(Mandatory=$false,
                  				   ParameterSetName='FixedLength')]
                  		[ValidateRange(1,2147483647)]
                  		[int]$PasswordLength = 8,
                  		
                  		# Specifies an array of strings containing charactergroups from which the password will be generated.
                  		# At least one char from each group (string) will be used.
                  		[String[]]$InputStrings = @('abcdefghijkmnpqrstuvwxyz', 'ABCEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ', '23456789', '!"#%&'),
                  
                  		# Specifies a string containing a character group from which the first character in the password will be generated.
                  		# Useful for systems which requires first char in password to be alphabetic.
                  		[String] $FirstChar,
                  		
                  		# Specifies number of passwords to generate.
                  		[ValidateRange(1,2147483647)]
                  		[int]$Count = 1
                  	)
                  	Begin {
                  		Function Get-Seed{
                  			# Generate a seed for randomization
                  			$RandomBytes = New-Object -TypeName 'System.Byte[]' 4
                  			$Random = New-Object -TypeName 'System.Security.Cryptography.RNGCryptoServiceProvider'
                  			$Random.GetBytes($RandomBytes)
                  			[BitConverter]::ToUInt32($RandomBytes, 0)
                  		}
                  	}
                  	Process {
                  		For($iteration = 1;$iteration -le $Count; $iteration++){
                  			$Password = @{}
                  			# Create char arrays containing groups of possible chars
                  			[char[][]]$CharGroups = $InputStrings
                  
                  			# Create char array containing all chars
                  			$AllChars = $CharGroups | ForEach-Object {[Char[]]$_}
                  
                  			# Set password length
                  			if($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'RandomLength')
                  			{
                  				if($MinPasswordLength -eq $MaxPasswordLength) {
                  					# If password length is set, use set length
                  					$PasswordLength = $MinPasswordLength
                  				}
                  				else {
                  					# Otherwise randomize password length
                  					$PasswordLength = ((Get-Seed) % ($MaxPasswordLength + 1 - $MinPasswordLength)) + $MinPasswordLength
                  				}
                  			}
                  
                  			# If FirstChar is defined, randomize first char in password from that string.
                  			if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('FirstChar')){
                  				$Password.Add(0,$FirstChar[((Get-Seed) % $FirstChar.Length)])
                  			}
                  			# Randomize one char from each group
                  			Foreach($Group in $CharGroups) {
                  				if($Password.Count -lt $PasswordLength) {
                  					$Index = Get-Seed
                  					While ($Password.ContainsKey($Index)){
                  						$Index = Get-Seed                        
                  					}
                  					$Password.Add($Index,$Group[((Get-Seed) % $Group.Count)])
                  				}
                  			}
                  
                  			# Fill out with chars from $AllChars
                  			for($i=$Password.Count;$i -lt $PasswordLength;$i++) {
                  				$Index = Get-Seed
                  				While ($Password.ContainsKey($Index)){
                  					$Index = Get-Seed                        
                  				}
                  				$Password.Add($Index,$AllChars[((Get-Seed) % $AllChars.Count)])
                  			}
                  			Write-Output -InputObject $(-join ($Password.GetEnumerator() | Sort-Object -Property Name | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Value))
                  		}
                  	}
                  }
                  

                  Specifically New-SWRandomPassword -MinPasswordLength 8 -MaxPasswordLength 16 -Count 20 and change the length, and count to a number the customer is comfortable with.

                  Copy the list of passwords out, and save them into the csv generated in step 1.

                  And then run this power shell script to reset the user passwords.

                  Lastly give the passwords from the CSV to the individual employees so they can select their own password.

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                  • dafyreD
                    dafyre @Grey
                    last edited by

                    @Grey said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                    First, this is a Bad Idea(tm). Lots of service accounts may not want to change their accounts and you'll break applications that rely on them. The Administrator (500) account will also have to be reset.
                    Second, this command should only be used when you feel like a scorched earth method is best. It will piss off everyone in the enterprise.

                    The PS is two components, joined by a pipe.
                    get-aduser -filter * | set-aduser -ChangePasswordAtNextLogon $true

                    ref: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617195.aspx & https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd391883(v=ws.10).aspx

                    Good luck. I'm not executing that command to verify that it works, but it should. Woe betide the admin that does this in production.

                    If you adjust the filter, you can ignore Service accounts and such.

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                    • coliverC
                      coliver
                      last edited by

                      If your service accounts are in a specific OU (ours are) then you can also just change the scope to the user's OU.

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                        last edited by

                        @DustinB3403 why are you injecting a new password when all that was asked was to force the must change at next login Boolean.

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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                          last edited by

                          @JaredBusch Just being lazy and not modifying the powershell that was easily found online.

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                            last edited by DustinB3403

                            @JaredBusch said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                            @DustinB3403 why are you injecting a new password when all that was asked was to force the must change at next login Boolean.

                            Plus in a scorched earth approach, is it wise to trust any existing user password? I'd go the entire thing, and make everyone change their password now.

                            Rather than at next login.

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              @DustinB3403 said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                              @JaredBusch said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                              @DustinB3403 why are you injecting a new password when all that was asked was to force the must change at next login Boolean.

                              Plus in a scorched earth approach, is it wise to trust any existing user password? I'd go the entire thing, and make everyone change their password now.

                              Rather than at next login.

                              But if they are already logged in, it will not make them change immediately anyway when you change the password.

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                                last edited by

                                @JaredBusch said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                @DustinB3403 said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                @JaredBusch said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                @DustinB3403 why are you injecting a new password when all that was asked was to force the must change at next login Boolean.

                                Plus in a scorched earth approach, is it wise to trust any existing user password? I'd go the entire thing, and make everyone change their password now.

                                Rather than at next login.

                                But if they are already logged in, it will not make them change immediately anyway when you change the password.

                                But it would stop the use of any existing domain password. If a password was compromised it's better to kill it now, and deal with the fall out later.

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403
                                  last edited by

                                  Rather than having to wait for each user to choose when to log out and back in.

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                                    last edited by

                                    @DustinB3403 said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                    @JaredBusch said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                    @DustinB3403 said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                    @JaredBusch said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                    @DustinB3403 why are you injecting a new password when all that was asked was to force the must change at next login Boolean.

                                    Plus in a scorched earth approach, is it wise to trust any existing user password? I'd go the entire thing, and make everyone change their password now.

                                    Rather than at next login.

                                    But if they are already logged in, it will not make them change immediately anyway when you change the password.

                                    But it would stop the use of any existing domain password. If a password was compromised it's better to kill it now, and deal with the fall out later.

                                    How? because any account already authenticated will not lose access to anything immediately. A new authentication will be required. A new authentication will also require a new password.

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                                      last edited by

                                      @JaredBusch said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                      @DustinB3403 said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                      @JaredBusch said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                      @DustinB3403 said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                      @JaredBusch said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                      @DustinB3403 why are you injecting a new password when all that was asked was to force the must change at next login Boolean.

                                      Plus in a scorched earth approach, is it wise to trust any existing user password? I'd go the entire thing, and make everyone change their password now.

                                      Rather than at next login.

                                      But if they are already logged in, it will not make them change immediately anyway when you change the password.

                                      But it would stop the use of any existing domain password. If a password was compromised it's better to kill it now, and deal with the fall out later.

                                      How? because any account already authenticated will not lose access to anything immediately. A new authentication will be required. A new authentication will also require a new password.

                                      You aren't reading what I'm saying.

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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch
                                        last edited by

                                        @DustinB3403 and the biggest issues is that a user cannot change a password without knowing the existing password.

                                        By spinning the existing passwords, you make the entire process more difficult.

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                                          last edited by

                                          @JaredBusch said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                          @DustinB3403 and the biggest issues is that a user cannot change a password without knowing the existing password.

                                          By spinning the existing passwords, you make the entire process more difficult.

                                          That is with the expectation that you're allowing the user to willfully change the password, I'm saying change the password for the user, and allow them to change it afterwards them selves.

                                          Not to ctrl alt delete change password / per user.

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                                          • JaredBuschJ
                                            JaredBusch @DustinB3403
                                            last edited by

                                            @DustinB3403 said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                            @JaredBusch said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                            @DustinB3403 said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                            @JaredBusch said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                            @DustinB3403 said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                            @JaredBusch said in Active Directory Force All Users to Change Passwords on Next Login:

                                            @DustinB3403 why are you injecting a new password when all that was asked was to force the must change at next login Boolean.

                                            Plus in a scorched earth approach, is it wise to trust any existing user password? I'd go the entire thing, and make everyone change their password now.

                                            Rather than at next login.

                                            But if they are already logged in, it will not make them change immediately anyway when you change the password.

                                            But it would stop the use of any existing domain password. If a password was compromised it's better to kill it now, and deal with the fall out later.

                                            How? because any account already authenticated will not lose access to anything immediately. A new authentication will be required. A new authentication will also require a new password.

                                            You aren't reading what I'm saying.

                                            I did and changing a password does not stop the use of an already authenticated existing password.

                                            Changing the password only means any new log in attempt will fail.

                                            But resetting the force change on next log in will also cause a new log in to not work until the password is changed.

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