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    • stacksofplatesS
      stacksofplates @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 don't know how windows does it, but in RHEL any UID 1000 and above is users only. System accounts are under 1000. I'm guessing it's similar so anything above the system accounts would be fine.

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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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                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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