Doc Err: Host Account Manager Does Not Change Windows NT Password (244542)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft SNA Server 3.0
  • Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 SP1
  • Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 SP2
  • Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 SP3
  • Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 SP4
  • Microsoft SNA Server 4.0
  • Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 SP1
  • Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 SP2
  • Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 SP3
This article was previously published under Q244542

SYMPTOMS

The online documentation for UDConfig (Udconfig.hlp) indicates that it is possible to change a Windows NT Password when you using Host Account Manager (UDConfig.exe). This is a documentation error.

Host Account Manager is a configuration tool that allows an administrator the ability to add or update user account information into a Host Security Domain. When configured, this information gets stored into the Host Account Cache (HAC).

Host Account Manager may also be install on Windows 95/98 or Windows NT Workstation clients, allowing an end-user to manipulate their own cached entries.

Though this tool can add or update cached entries and determine whether a user ID and password is mapped or replicated, it cannot change a password in the Windows NT User database as indicated by the online documentation.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

When you open Host Account Manager, you are presented with the Windows NT Domain and Host Security Domain dialog boxes. The Windows NT Domain dialog box includes Password and Confirm Password fields. When a "new" password is entered into these fields, one of the following scenarios occurs, depending on which action is taken.

If you click the Apply button is selected:
  • The new password is sent to the AS/400 User database (or host User database if third-party software is being used). If the host or AS/400 User database accepts the password syntax, it changes the password on that system. The password does not get updated in the Windows NT database.
  • The Host Account Cache for this user is updated reflecting the new password change.
If you click the Update Cache button:
  • Only the Host Account Cache is updated for this user.
Because Host Account Manager does not have the ability to change a password in the Windows NT database, this must done through a supported method. The following is a list of the methods that are supported:
  • Windows NT Server by using User Manager for Domains.
  • Windows NT Workstation by using the CTRL-ALT-DELETE key combination, and then selecting Change Password.
  • Windows 95/98 by clicking the Passwords icon in Control Panel.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/24/2004
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