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Old 10-23-2007, 11:27 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Reset Disclosed Passwords with LSS

Well I'm not sure if many people are interested in this, but surely someone will be so I thought I'd share. Forgive me if I've re-invented the wheel, but I couldn't find it anywhere else.

In our organization we have some very security sensitive managers, one of whom was wholeheartedly for Local Security Solution. However, he quickly became concerned that passwords after being disclosed were opening security holes. While limited to those computers he was still concerned enough and he has enough pull to have this issue block our full implementation of Local Security Solution. Therefore, it quickly became important to address his issues.

After looking through the default LSS reports I found one that almost immediately fit our needs. After ripping it apart I was able to come up with a collection of computers that have had their current Local Security Solution passwords disclosed.
The query is below:
Code:
SELECT      dbo.vComputer.guid   
FROM        dbo.vLSS_CurrentDisclosedUserPassword INNER JOIN     
            dbo.vComputer ON dbo.vLSS_CurrentDisclosedUserPassword.ComputerGuid = dbo.vComputer.Guid
After working the collection out it was as easy as setting up a Software Delivery Task (or a Task Server Task) to run the following command line.

Code:
"C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\LocalSecurity\AltirisLSSAgentUtil.exe" /cyclePasswords /sendInventory
All in all it was quite easy, but I thought I'd share to make sure others (especially those like me who might miss the simple things) would be able to get it to work. The collection was the tricky part as the report couldn't translate directly.
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Old 10-23-2007, 11:37 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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VERY nice and thanks for sharing!
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Old 10-23-2007, 11:39 AM   #3 (permalink)
 
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I saw he was digging around busy today, but I wasn't sure what he was working on since I'm in the middle of testing out HIIS. Now I see why he's been quiet this morning
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