Hello all. I am looking for a web based password reset util.
You will need to find, buy, borrow, or build this.
Also a
way that users can click on forgot my password and have it e-mailed to
a certain address. Is this possible?
Nope. Windows doesn't KNOW your users passwords in most
cases.
Is there a program out there that can do this? Thanks.
You could write a program that does the first (resets the password
on demand from a web form then use it for setting up something
that creates a random (and temporary, i.e., "must change on next
logon") password, changes to that, then mails them this password plus
the link to the first web page to change it to their own choice.
Certainly a script (running as an admin or other privileged user)
could do the 'dirty deed'.
Notice that email is NOT secure in general. (It can be secure but you
have to use SSL to make that work and this is seldom the default.)
HTTP (web pages) can also use SSL (i.e., HTTPS) to secure this web
form you build and this should DEFINITELY be used as part of the
solution.
If you find something suitable then please post your solution.
You might also ask this question on one of the Web server newsgroups
(IIS or your actual web server.)
