Active Directory Administration Cookbook

How to do it...

1. To manually reset the DSRM Administrator password on a domain controller, type the following command in an elevated Command Prompt (cmd.exe) window when the domain controller is running fine:

ntdsutil.exe > set dsrm password> reset password on server null

2. Type or paste the password to use as the DSRM Administrator password:

> quit> quit

3. To synchronize the DSRM Administrator password on a domain controller, type the following command in an elevated Command Prompt (cmd.exe) window, when the domain controller is running and replicating fine:

ntdsutil.exe "set dsrm password" "sync from domain account DSRMDCXUser" quit quit

As there is no interaction needed with the preceding command and there are no passwords involved, this ...