_Changing Exchange Passwords

2001-09-14 Thread William Smith

A member if my IS team has left our company and for security purposes we
will change our administrative passwords, which includes accounts used for
log on locally services.

Are there any gotchas that I should look out for when changing my exchange
administrator account password? My plan is to simply log out of any machines
that my have the exchange administrator account logged in, change the
password in Usermgr, then restart services and/or reboot servers as
necessary and watch to make sure that the services start properly.

Am I missing anything?

Thanks,

William L. Smith, MCP
Systems Administrator


List Charter and FAQ at:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm




RE: _Changing Exchange Passwords

2001-09-14 Thread Martin Blackstone

StopStep away from the servers NOW.
Read Q157780 for info.

-Original Message-
From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 11:00 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: _Changing Exchange Passwords


A member if my IS team has left our company and for security purposes we
will change our administrative passwords, which includes accounts used
for log on locally services.

Are there any gotchas that I should look out for when changing my
exchange administrator account password? My plan is to simply log out of
any machines that my have the exchange administrator account logged in,
change the password in Usermgr, then restart services and/or reboot
servers as necessary and watch to make sure that the services start
properly.

Am I missing anything?

Thanks,

William L. Smith, MCP
Systems Administrator


List Charter and FAQ at:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm


List Charter and FAQ at:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm




RE: _Changing Exchange Passwords

2001-09-14 Thread William Smith
Title: RE: _Changing Exchange Passwords



Glad I 
asked! I knew it sound too simple.

Excellent thanks folks. The list saves me again.
W

  -Original Message-From: Micciche Robert 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, September 
  14, 2001 2:04 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: 
  _Changing Exchange Passwords
  STOP 
  Q157780 
  -Original Message- From: 
  William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
  Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 2:00 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: _Changing 
  Exchange Passwords 
  A member if my IS team has left our company and for security 
  purposes we will change our administrative passwords, 
  which includes accounts used for "log on locally" 
  services. 
  Are there any gotchas that I should look out for when changing 
  my exchange administrator account password? My plan is 
  to simply log out of any machines that my have the 
  exchange administrator account logged in, change the password in Usermgr, then restart services and/or reboot servers 
  as necessary and watch to make sure that the services 
  start properly. 
  Am I missing anything? 
  Thanks, 
  William L. Smith, MCP Systems 
  Administrator 
  List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm 
  List Charter and FAQ 
  at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
List Charter and FAQ at:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm