I had a user today ask, "Are we still doing the password security program? It’s been over 90 days since we first implemented it and I haven’t been prompted to change my password. Thanks!" The next thing I said was, F$@%! Then I use most of a script I found at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms974598.aspx This helped me to determin when user passwords expire in an OU.
BTW the user above had changed their password 43 days ago, they had just forgotten!
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' Taken from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms974598.aspx ' VBScript to find out when a password expires ' Authors Greg Stemp, Dean Tsaltas, and Bob Wells and Edited by Cheyenne Harden www.lazynetworkadmin.com ' Original Version 1 - September 12, 2002 Updated by Chey 5.1.07 ' --------------------------------------------------------------' On Error Resume Next
If strOU = "" Then Wscript.Echo "You did not enter a number!" WScript.Quit
Else ' Bind to Active Directory Domain Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE") strDNSDomain = objRootDSE.Get("DefaultNamingContext")
' -------------------------------------------------------------' ' Important change OU= to reflect your domain ' -------------------------------------------------------------' 'strContainer = "OU=Network Administration,ou=newyork, "
Select Case strOU Case 1 strContainer = "OU=Network Administration,ou=newyork, " Case 2 strContainer = "OU=Support Companies,ou=newyork, " Case 3 strContainer = "OU=Users,OU=Territory Managers,ou=newyork, " Case 4 strContainer = "OU=Maintenance,ou=newyork, " Case 5 strContainer = "OU=Accounts Payable,OU=Accounting,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, " Case 6 strContainer = "OU=Accounts Receivable,OU=Accounting,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, " Case 7 strContainer = "OU=ART,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, " Case 8 strContainer = "OU=Graphic Arts,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, " Case 9 strContainer = "OU=HR,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, " Case 10 strContainer = "OU=Management,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, " Case 11 strContainer = "OU=Marketing,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, " Case 12 strContainer = "OU=Programming,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, " Case 13 strContainer = "OU=Reception,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, " Case 14 strContainer = "OU=Sales,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, " Case 15 strContainer = "OU=Shipping,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, " Case 16 strContainer = "OU=Support Staff,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, " Case 17 strContainer = "OU=Technicians,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, " Case 18 strContainer = "OU=Health and Safety,OU=Users,OU=Building2,ou=newyork, " Case 19 strContainer = "OU=Lab,OU=Users,OU=Building2,ou=newyork, " Case 20 strContainer = "OU=Management,OU=Users,OU=Building2,ou=newyork, " Case 21 strContainer = "OU=Reception,OU=Users,OU=Building2,ou=newyork, " Case 22 strContainer = "OU=Plant,OU=Users,OU=Building2,ou=newyork, "
End Select
strContainer = strContainer & strDNSDomain
' Loop through OU set objOU =GetObject("LDAP://" & strContainer ) For each objUser in objOU
sUser = objUser.Get("Name") WScript.Echo sUser '-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- intUserAccountControl = objUser.Get("userAccountControl") If intUserAccountControl And ADS_UF_DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD Then WScript.Echo "The password does not expire." 'WScript.Quit Else dtmValue = objUser.PasswordLastChanged If Err.Number = E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND Then WScript.Echo "The password has never been set." 'WScript.Quit Else intTimeInterval = Int(Now - dtmValue) WScript.Echo "The password was last set on " & _ DateValue(dtmValue) & " at " & TimeValue(dtmValue) & vbCrLf & _ "The difference between when the password was last" & vbCrLf & _ "set and today is " & intTimeInterval & " days" End If
Set objDomain = GetObject("LDAP://DC=DOMAIN NAME HERE,DC=com") 'Put your domain Here. Set objMaxPwdAge = objDomain.Get("maxPwdAge")
If objMaxPwdAge.LowPart = 0 Then WScript.Echo "The Maximum Password Age is set to 0 in the " & _ "domain. Therefore, the password does not expire." 'WScript.Quit Else dblMaxPwdNano = _ Abs(objMaxPwdAge.HighPart * 2^32 + objMaxPwdAge.LowPart) dblMaxPwdSecs = dblMaxPwdNano * ONE_HUNDRED_NANOSECOND dblMaxPwdDays = Int(dblMaxPwdSecs / SECONDS_IN_DAY) WScript.Echo "Maximum password age is " & dblMaxPwdDays & " days"
If intTimeInterval >= dblMaxPwdDays Then WScript.Echo "The password has expired." Else WScript.Echo "The password will expire on " & _ DateValue(dtmValue + dblMaxPwdDays) & " (" & _ Int((dtmValue + dblMaxPwdDays) - Now) & " days from today)." End If End If End If
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PLEASE MAKE SURE NO WORD WRAPPING IS HAPPENING IN YOUR SCRIPT!!!
To make this script work you will need the items below!
1. Run this script as an Admin. 2. Change "LDAP://DC=DOMAIN NAME HERE,DC=com" to refelect your domain. 3. Change these lines to refelect your Active Directory implementation. (e.g., strContainer = "OU=Sales,OU=Users,OU=Building1,ou=newyork, ")
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