Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Change password for sharpoint account


stsadm -o updatefarmcredentials -userlogin DomainName\UserName -password NewPassword

By using the command change the password of the farm

stsadm -o updatefarmcredentials -userlogin DomainName\UserName -password NewPassword

Then go to IIS manager of a web server.

Go to application pool of the sites which dont have network service as a application pool's identity

Change the credential for application pool identity(If it is not network service and if it is configurable )

Go to the the web sites,

Properties --> Directory security --> Authentication and access control

change the credential of the user who is used for anonymous access.

Change the password for scheduled tasks on the system(If any.)

Repeat it for all the web sites.

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