Thanks for the confirmation. Now the only gripe I have is that the IMail
documentation clearly states, and I quote, "the system on which you install
IMail Server must be a Backup Domain Controller, not a stand-alone server.".
Unfortunately, I have a nasty habit of taking things literally and assumed
that they meant what they said and that they *really* wanted it to be a BDC.
Thanks for the help.
Mike Benedict
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Gibson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 15:20
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [imail] Change password menu item
Yes, I just tried it again and it works. We've used Imail with
our NT user database for several years now. It does not work when
the machine running Imail is a BDC, it only works when the Imail
machine is the PDC. In the past, when I had the Imail machine as
a BDC, I tried many things to make it work (making sure that the
domain had syncronized after the change), but without sucess.
When I promoted my Imail box to PDC, the password feature worked.
The only thing to remember is that IF a user changes their
password through Imail on the PDC, AND the next time they log into
your domain a BDC authenticates them instead of the PDC (which
usually only happens if the PDC is very busy), they will not get
in with their new password until the domain syncronizes manually
or automatically (which happens every hour or so?).
- Ken Gibson
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Mike Benedict <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 11:39:13 -0600
>This is curious. Are you *sure* it works? The tech support guy
at IPSwitch
>was rather indignant when I asked why it didn't seem to work. I
believe his
>comment was "Who are we to change an NT password?". For the sake
of
>argument, would you try it once and confirm that it does indeed
work? If it
>does, then maybe the guy I spoke to was just having a bad day and
I'll give
>them another call.
>
>BTW - I do have my Imail box set-up as a BDC.
>
>Thanks,
>Mike Benedict
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Gibson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 09:46
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: [imail] Change password menu item
>
>
>Sorry about this late note, but I've been on vacation.
>
>We DO use the NT user database and Imail 6.04 AND have our users
>change their password through Imail and KWM. The only way this
>works is if we make the Imail server the NT Domain Controller.
>
>I haven't upgraded to Imail 6.05 yet (since I didn't want to do
>that right before going away for two weeks). I hope that I can
>still use the change password feature with the NT database when I
>do upgrade.
>
> - Ken
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 16:16:38 -0600
>
>>> I was just informed by the tech support folks at IMail that
>users are not
>>> able to change their passwords if you use the NT database as
>opposed to
>>> IMail database. I wasn't aware of this and since I need to use
>>> NT database
>>> to avoid having my students remember multiple passwords, I
need
>to remove
>>> the change password option from the KWM pull-down. Where
might
>I find it?
>>
>>The option is in the chgsign.html file... you can either delete
>it, or
>>comment it out. Alternatively, I believe that if you check
>the "User cannot
>>change password" option in the IMail Admin console (you can make
>that change
>>on all domain users at once from the domain | General tab), then
>the option
>>will be hidden automatically.
>>
>>-ron
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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