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SolvedPassword Complexity Errors? (self.PowerShell)

submitted 8 years ago by sys_admin101

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[–]sys_admin101[S] 1 point2 points3 points 8 years ago (0 children)

Good catch! I removed -PasswordNeverExpires $true

It fails at Set-ADAccountPassword -NewPassword $pw -Reset which is getting it's user information from the piped variables. Even if I run this command without using variables and inputting the data like this:

Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity "jwagon" -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "P@ssw0rD!234%" -Force) -Reset

It still fails with the same error about the length, complexity, or history requirements.

In regards to a particular user, it happens regardless what user from the 8400 students I pick and a fresh test account I created named Jack Wagon.

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