change DS Restore password

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I nned to change the DS restore password on two W2K AD DC's. I have searched
the KB and found articles that seem good but am confused on aspects of the DS
restore versus offline SAM password.


Thnak You
Brett S.
 
From th reading I have done - it seemed as though there were two passwords -
one for the ofline sam and one for ds restore - are thay the same password?
 
Yes. Basically, Windows keeps a cut-down version of the SAM on each DC that
only holds the DS restore mode administrator account. In the context of
this user, the terms SAM and DS mode user/ password are usually synonymous.

When you load in DSRM you are not loading the AD (offline mode) therefore
Windows loads the SAM instead.


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From th reading I have done - it seemed as though there were two passwords -
one for the ofline sam and one for ds restore - are thay the same password?
 
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