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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-ga: implement win32 guest-set-user-passwor
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Daniel P. Berrange |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-ga: implement win32 guest-set-user-password |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Aug 2015 10:34:51 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) |
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 04:37:13PM +0200, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> Use NetUserSetInfo() to set the user password.
>
> This function is notoriously known to be problematic for users with EFS
> encrypted files. But the alternative, NetUserChangePassword() requires
> the old password. Nevertheless, The EFS file should be recovered by
> changing back to the old password.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>
> ---
> configure | 2 +-
> qga/commands-win32.c | 77
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrange <address@hidden>
For reference, I compared with MS recommendations here
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/151546
and this looks correct for way to administratively change passwords
without knowing the original password.
Regards,
Daniel
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