batchpwd -- Perl Program for Automating Password Changes of an account used by the Windows Task Scheduler ========================================= Programmed by Alexandre Gauthier Copyleft 2005-2006, Distributed under the GPL Instruction for the impatient: ----------------------------------- 1) Run this in a command prompt: batchjobpwd.exe MACHINE DOMAIN\Account newpassword (Add "-p" as a trailing switch to run unattended) Where "MACHINE" is the netbios name of the remote computer, "DOMAIN\Account" is the user account the task runs under (ex MYDOMAIN\Admin, PC801\support -- for a Local Account, use the netbios name of the machine as the domain) followed by the new password to assign to the task. Should you omit the password, you will be prompted for one. If you are using the native Perl script, call it this way: perl batchjobpwd.pl MACHINE DOMAINE\Compte nouveaumotdepasse 2) Consult "operations.log" in the root directory, as well as the CSV files in "db" if needed. NOTE: You should run this program under an account which has Domain Admin privileges.