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Configuring the storage system for automatic computer account password changes

You can configure Data ONTAP to automatically schedule Windows Active Directory computer account password changes.

Before you begin

CIFS must be licensed and configured on your storage system. Additionally your storage system must be joined to an Active Directory domain.

About this task

There are three options to configure automatic computer account password changes:

Steps

  1. Enable automatic computer account password changes: cifs.W2K_password_change on
  2. Configure the cifs.W2K_password_change_interval option: cifs.W2K_password_change_interval interval
  3. Configure the cifs.W2K_password_change_within option: cifs.W2K_password_change_within hours_within

Example

In the following example, the storage system is configured for automatic domain computer account password changes using a 2-week interval and a 3-hour "change within" window:

system1>options cifs.W2K_password_change on
system1>options cifs.W2K_password_change_interval 2w
system1>options cifs.W2K_password_change_within 3h