You should need For changing passwords without knowing old password CA Change Password
For unlocking locked accounts WP lockoutTime For expiring passwords (force password to be changed on next logon) WP pwdLastSet Here is a dsacls command that will do the delegation (all one line) dsacls BASE_DN /I:S /G "dom\grp:CA;Reset Password;user" "dom\grp:WP;lockoutTime;user" "dom\grp:WP;pwdLastSet;user" Ex: dsacls cn=users,dc=joe,dc=com /I:S /G "joe\accounttechs:CA;Reset Password;user" "joe\accounttechs:WP;lockoutTime;user" "joe\accounttechs:WP;pwdLastSet;user" I just tried this and it worked fine. Things I would check if things aren't working fine. 1. Verify with dsacls dump the delegated permissions 2. Verify replication of the group to all DCs 3. Verify via whoami or sectok that the group is in the token of the user attempting to make changes. This simply helps verify replication to the DC that auth'ed the user. joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruyere, Michel Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 4:22 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Strange problem Hi, I delegated the password management to the technicians group. There is a glitch though, they can't seem to be able to reset password even if I gave the permission to do so (on the OU). All the get is Access denied (and the check box to set the "change password a next logon" bit is grayed. The permissions have been set in the security tab, using the Advanced view of ADUC. Here are the security settings for the Technicians group: reset password change password read pwdLastSet write pwdLastSet read LockoutTime write LockoutTime read accountrestrictions What I'm missing here? Thanks List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/