changing passwords

[mrmoneymatters]

I need to change passwords on several account that I do not know what they are. I also need to change the admin account. My only concern is there is a process somewhere running under these accounts. Is there a way to scan a domain looking for these accounts being used on machines?

Network Admin
A+, Network+, MCSA 2000, MCSE 2000
MCSA (2003)

 

[fandabbydosey]

Shared Folders / Open sessions ?

 

[mrmoneymatters]

that is not feasible across 180 servers, I need some reporting tool or automation

Network Admin
A+, Network+, MCSA 2000, MCSE 2000
MCSA (2003)

 

[Fatboy0341]

We had the same problem at my last job but only had to concern ourselves with 30 servers.

We changed the admin password and ended up finding the 2 services that were using it. We created new accounts for those 2 services and made the appropriate changes within the application the services were associated with. We did this on a weekend and were lucky that the 3 services all ran within 5 hours of the changes (Backup and Spam Software...no AD services).

If you have 180 servers I'm not sure if what we did would work for you.

JB