betty02 Posted October 10, 2013 Posted October 10, 2013 Morning All, At the moment it's becoming a pain in the a$$ resetting passwords as always, but this years seams to be the worst. Now being an IT Admin I just remote to the server (windows based) and open AD, reset the password. Is there a utility out there that works on the mac so we can give it to the IT Teachers so they can reset passwords instead of sending the kids down to us? Thanks!
jallsop Posted October 10, 2013 Posted October 10, 2013 I'd be interested in finding something like this. Surely someone has figured something faster than remote desktop for such a simple task.
SovietRussia Posted October 10, 2013 Posted October 10, 2013 WiseSoft has a brilliant one called Password Control. I created my own, for our school but the WiseSoft one is definitely worth a look!
plexer Posted October 10, 2013 Posted October 10, 2013 WiseSoft has a brilliant one called Password Control. I created my own, for our school but the WiseSoft one is definitely worth a look! Does it run on a mac though? Ben
betty02 Posted October 10, 2013 Author Posted October 10, 2013 It's a much needed tool! We had one on our old windows set-up but were now FULLY Apple, bar the servers. WiseSoft is a windows only app! A web based utility would also do the job!
Boredguy Posted October 10, 2013 Posted October 10, 2013 We use an asp webpage to delegate this permission to the staff. The core of the page using this really old ASP function Function SetPassword(strUser,strPassword) Dim User Set User = GetObject("WinNT://" & strDomain & "/" & strUser & ",user") User.SetPassword(strPassword) User.setinfo End Function We set the anonymous user who can access this page to be an account with rights to change student passwords, so staff can just pop along to it, search for the student which is an LDAP search, then provide a new password to login.
betty02 Posted October 10, 2013 Author Posted October 10, 2013 Hmmm no spare server to get everything up and running on will need ASp enabled and stuff, were all in the cloud!
betty02 Posted October 15, 2013 Author Posted October 15, 2013 Anyone else found anything? Pulling my hair out here!
Oddbod Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 AD HelpDesk Runs from an iPad / iPhone / iTouch, find it on the app store: AD Helpdesk Lite [free] to reset passwords or AD Helpdesk [£5] to reset passwords, handle group policy and more... I've used it in an AD environment to reset student passwords from my work iPad. hope this helps 1
betty02 Posted October 16, 2013 Author Posted October 16, 2013 Will certainly have a play with that! Thanks
betty02 Posted October 16, 2013 Author Posted October 16, 2013 (edited) Connects to the server etc,finds users - however when I press reset password I get a "Hard Error" any ideas? Just downloading paid version now! Thanks Edited October 16, 2013 by betty02
Oddbod Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 Connects to the server etc,finds users - however when I press reset password I get a "Hard Error" any ideas? Just downloading paid version now! Thanks Ensure that you have set up the preferences file on your iDevice to include a default password for the reset operations as it is [blank] the first time you use it. Regards
betty02 Posted October 16, 2013 Author Posted October 16, 2013 Yeah tried that, shows the dots in the field, press the button and nothing Emailed support!
betty02 Posted October 16, 2013 Author Posted October 16, 2013 (edited) Works on my phone! interesting! EDIT: FIXED IT!! Doesn't like my jailbreak haha! Absolutely fantastic app!! Kudos! Edited October 16, 2013 by betty02
Oddbod Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 (edited) Sorry to run through the checks but: Ensure that also on your AD server, that you’re a member of the following: Domain Admins Group Account Operators Group as each level gives you greater control over users accounts. Above that, you should check with implbits support. and yes, this doesn't like jailbroken phones - sorry Regards Edited October 16, 2013 by Oddbod
betty02 Posted October 16, 2013 Author Posted October 16, 2013 Got it all sorted, just didn't work on my jailbroken device, use my other iPad and bang straight away, same on phone, it's a truly great app! IT Teachers are loving it, and works really really well! Should get promoted more on these boards, will help many!
betty02 Posted November 24, 2014 Author Posted November 24, 2014 (edited) App became a bit of a problem so going to bump this thread to see if anything new has been made available for Mac/ipad that is easy to use we can pass to learning zone leaders to use! Edited November 24, 2014 by witch
mac_shinobi Posted November 24, 2014 Posted November 24, 2014 Works on my phone! interesting! EDIT: FIXED IT!! Doesn't like my jailbreak haha! Absolutely fantastic app!! Kudos! Which app did you or are you using now and what did you have to do to get this working ?
betty02 Posted November 24, 2014 Author Posted November 24, 2014 AD HelpDesk is what we was using! Just clunky really! http://www.implbits.com/ADHelpdesk.aspx
betty02 Posted November 24, 2014 Author Posted November 24, 2014 Going to give this a bash! https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/active-directory-assist/id528953910?mt=8
mac_shinobi Posted November 24, 2014 Posted November 24, 2014 (edited) Would using a virtual windows machine on the teachers mac not be an option and then just use a free windows password reset util ? Such as Burconix : Reset Student User Password Free Tool for Schools, Business and Education - Burconix Wisesoft ( Registration on site is free , login and download / install ) : Password Control So virtual box or if you want a paid one then VMWare Fusion or Parallels ? Teacher can then login to the VM of Windows 7 ( whatever version of windows ) , login as themselves using there AD Login details, maybe even add them as local admin on the VM and install which ever password reset utility and do it that way ? Edited November 24, 2014 by mac_shinobi
betty02 Posted November 24, 2014 Author Posted November 24, 2014 Really wouldn't want to get VM's installed on teachers machines, plus we are a full mac school and no windows, so we would also like to keep it that way! A lot of trouble to just reset a password staring up a VM etc!
ezaz Posted November 29, 2014 Posted November 29, 2014 Try Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate Version...(install IIS and AD Components on it)... Hope Its solve ur problem. Thanks, Mohammad Hannan Kabir MSCA, MSCE, CISCO, A+ (Malaysia) Magic IT Solutions
betty02 Posted December 1, 2014 Author Posted December 1, 2014 How would that sold the problem? We run macs and OS X only. Not windows, nor will we ever be dual booting or installing VM's?
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