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Article Number: 000225151

Dell Unity: How to modify the NAS server to change its computer account password regularly (User Correctable)

Summary: Some security audit tools may report that a Unity NAS server does not regularly change its computer account password. By default, the Unity NAS server does not change its computer account password regularly. Windows computers change their machine account password every 30 days. ...

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Instructions

A system administrator can set a Group Policy Object (GPO) to change this behavior.

This can also be changed from the Unity side using the following commands:

  1. To check the current values:
svc_nas <NAS_server_name> -param -facility cifs -info srvpwd.updtMinutes

The default is zero.

  1. To change this value for a single NAS server:
svc_nas <NAS_server_name> -param -f cifs -m srvpwd.updtMinutes -v <MINUTES>"

Example:

svc_nas TestNAS -param -f cifs -m srvpwd.updtMinutes -v 1440

The 1440 value is 1 day in minutes. Insert a different value in the -v field (in minutes) if desired.

  1. To change this value for all NAS servers:
svc_nas ALL -param -f cifs -m srvpwd.updtMinutes -v 1440
  1. Restart the NAS servers. The NAS servers must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
svc_nas <NAS SERVER NAME> -restart

Article Properties

Affected Product

Dell EMC Unity

Product

Storage

Last Published Date

17 May 2024

Version

1

Article Type

How To

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