Procedures, policies and constraints on password entry, lifetime, change, strength, and storage. An essential part of access management, together with policies on other forms of authentication.
Questions tagged [password-management]
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How does a team of Systems Administrators share passwords securely?
What are best practices for sharing hundreds of passwords among a few people? These passwords protect mission critical data, and cannot ever be visible beyond a small team.
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Is there a way to provide user-specific passwords for Wi-Fi?
Is there a way to provide user-specific passwords for Wi-Fi, so that different users have different passwords?
I'd like to provide each user with a different password for my Wi-Fi connection.
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Is there a safe way to store passwords used for ssh by a script?
So first, I know, I should use key auth with SSH. No need to explain me that.
Issue here is that I have a (big) bunch of servers, and I need to have a script be able to connect each of these.
I use a key authentication whenever I can, however it's…
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Cannot disable password expiry on Server 2012
I have an internal only Windows Server 2012 which I want to disable the password policy on. (The server is also a domain controller, if that makes any difference.)
I've tried following the instructions on this helpful blog, but when I double click…
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There's got to be a FOSS web-based LDAP password reset app out there, right?
It seems like every shop that uses LDAP at some point has to cobble together something to let users reset their passwords without bothering the IT staff. The workflow almost always looks like:
User gives username (jblow)
Email jblow@company a…
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How do i change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server without Using CTRL ALT
How do I change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server without Using CTRL+ALT
I can't use CTRL+ALT+END And CTRL+ALT+DEL
Is there any other method for invoking the Security Screen ?
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What is the industry standard method for administering the change of the local administrator password for all machines on a domain?
Although there appears to be three available options, one of which is actually secure, there seems to be only two available choices that will be able to impact machines that are not powered on at the time of change or are mobile and were not on the…
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In a large Linux only network how would you handle Authentication and User management?
After working with linux for years in small networks, I've started in a company that maintains large windows networks. I know you can cobble a linux host onto an Active Directory network but is there a tidy linux-y way of handling it if you didn't…
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What's the safest online password system?
It's so difficult to track dozens of passwords in different locations. Syncing fails from time to time and you end up with collision correction avoidance syndrome.
Is there a single source of safe, online, commercial password storage anywhere? One…
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Why does adding one character to my MySQL password lock me out?
I am able to log in via mysql -u myuser -p mydb -h localhost with this:
grant all privileges on mydb.* to myuser@'%' identified by
'1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789';
But not after I do this:
grant…
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How can I logon to a user account on a domain without destroying user password?
I am the Domain Administrator. Is there a way I can log on to a workstation, as a User, without knowing their password?
I know I can reset the user password from Active Directory. But say I did this, how can I put their old password back after I've…
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When would you use the "password never expires" option?
I'm simply wondering when you should set a user account so that the password never expires. On what accounts is this a good idea?
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How is the "change password at next logon" requirement supposed to work with RDP using Network Level Authentication?
We have a Windows server (2008 R2) with the "Remote Desktop Services" feature installed and no Active Directory domain. Remote desktop is set up to "Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication (more…
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Reset user's password without root
Is there any way to allow non-root users to change other user's password. Specifically, is there a way to grant help desk employees the ability to do password resets. The help desk already can reset Windows passwords, which is easy to delegate…
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Password Manager
I work at a small business that needs a new password management software solution.
Our needs are:
Multiple Databases (one for IT passwords, one for Accounting passwords, etc...)
Multiple Users-about 8-10-(these users should also be under access…
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