I am not AD admin. Give a user's current password, how to change his/her 
password in powershell?

Thanks

The easiest way is using either the quest cmdlets or the ad powershell module.

example using ad powershell's Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet:

Set-ADAccountPassword johndoe -Reset -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString 
-AsPlainText "p@ssw0rd" -Force)

example using quest's Set-QADUser cmdlet:

Set-QADUser johndoe -UserPassword "p@ssw0rd"

"Ben" wrote:

> I am not AD admin. Give a user's current password, how to change his/her 
> password in powershell?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 

Mike,

I don't have the persmission to set a user's password. I only have this 
user's current password, how can I change it? Is there any .NET class for 
this?

Thanks,

"Mike Pfeiffer" wrote:

> The easiest way is using either the quest cmdlets or the ad powershell module.
> 
> example using ad powershell's Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet:
> 
> Set-ADAccountPassword johndoe -Reset -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString 
> -AsPlainText "p@ssw0rd" -Force)
> 
> example using quest's Set-QADUser cmdlet:
> 
> Set-QADUser johndoe -UserPassword "p@ssw0rd"
> 
> "Ben" wrote:
> 
> > I am not AD admin. Give a user's current password, how to change his/her 
> > password in powershell?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 

Ben, sorry for the late reply...

You're going to need permission to reset the password regardless of the 
cmdlet or .NET class being used.

"Ben" wrote:

> Mike,
> 
> I don't have the persmission to set a user's password. I only have this 
> user's current password, how can I change it? Is there any .NET class for 
> this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> "Mike Pfeiffer" wrote:
> 
> > The easiest way is using either the quest cmdlets or the ad powershell module.
> > 
> > example using ad powershell's Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet:
> > 
> > Set-ADAccountPassword johndoe -Reset -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString 
> > -AsPlainText "p@ssw0rd" -Force)
> > 
> > example using quest's Set-QADUser cmdlet:
> > 
> > Set-QADUser johndoe -UserPassword "p@ssw0rd"
> > 
> > "Ben" wrote:
> > 
> > > I am not AD admin. Give a user's current password, how to change his/her 
> > > password in powershell?
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > >