I guess that is where I'm falling short. Thanks for the tip. -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 7:00 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Changing service account passwords
Thats's set in the account policy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monahon, Gregory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:50 PM Subject: RE: Changing service account passwords > Sure, that make goods sense to me but I keep hearing about "lockup" > and that > Exchange will fail to run. I guess what I don't understand is how this would > happen? If there is no password lockout set, what is the problem? > Right? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:47 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Changing service account passwords > > > Just do what MS said and change the password. Look at it this way; > it's a great way for you to document all the non-Exchange and > non-authorized uses of that account. Exchange will take care of itself > leaving only the rest of > the world to complain that they can no long log in. Then you can clean > it up. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Monahon, Gregory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:19 AM > Subject: Changing service account passwords > > > > Exchange 5.5 sp4+ W2K (multisite, 35 servers worldwide) > > > > All, > > > > I'm starting the legwork for this project. Talked to MS already but > > they don't see beyond Exchange. (simple, just change it and let it > > replicate) > > > > I've inherited a very old and mismanaged system. Everyone knows the > service > > account and it probably used in a variety of differant ways > > attaching to > the > > Exchange system. > > > > Does anyone know of any utilites to interrogate where and how the > > service account is being used. I know this can be a horror show so I > > want to make sure I have as many bases covered as possible. > > > > Thanks > > Greg > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
