How to Change a Network Password

Keywords:       password

This code changes a network password. Example is targetted to Novell networks on 16 bit platforms.


AddExtender("wwn3x16i.dll")
BLACK="0,0,0"
WHITE="255,255,255"
RED="255,0,0"
GREEN="0,255,0" 
DKGRAY="128,128,128"
GRAY="192,192,192"
LTGRAY="240,240,240"
DKRED="128,0,0"
DKGREEN="0,128,0"
BLUE="0,0,255"
PURPLE="255,0,255"
YELLOW="255,255,0"
CYAN="0,255,255"
DKBLUE="0,0,128"
DKPURPLE="128,0,128"
DKYELLOW="128,128,0"
DKCYAN="0,128,128"

servers = n3ServerList(0)
numservers = Itemcount(servers,@TAB)
user = n3GetUser(n3ServerList(1))

BoxColor(1,"192,192,192",0)
BoxesUp("250,300,750,700", @normal)
BoxCaption(1, "Changing Network Password")
BoxDrawRect(1, "0,0,1000,1000", 1)
BoxDrawText(1,"175,10,825,100","Change Password for: %user%",@TRUE,1)

BoxTextColor(1,"0,0,128")
BoxTextFont(1, "Times Roman", 100, 0, 16)

UL="100,100"
UR="900,100"
LL="100,900"
LR="900,900"
gosub draw_sunken

oldpass = askpassword("D&T Password","Current Password? ")
:asknewpass
 newpass = askpassword("D&T Password","New Password? ")

if strlen(newpass) < 5 
        message("Sorry!","New password is too short!%@CRLF%Must be 5 Characters
or longer.")
        goto asknewpass
endif

verpass = askpassword("D&T Password","Retype New Password? ")

if newpass != verpass
        message("Sorry!","You mistyped your new password.%@CRLF%Please Try
again.")
        goto asknewpass
endif

if strcmp(newpass,oldpass) == 0
        message("Sorry!","You can not use the same password!")
        goto asknewpass
endif

;BoxDrawRect(1, "0,0,1000,1000", 1)
BoxDrawText(1,"200,200,800,350","Changing Passwords,%@CRLF%Please
Wait...",@TRUE,1)

ErrorMode(@OFF)         
for x=1 to numservers
        server%x%=itemextract(x,servers,@TAB)
        retval = N3ChgPassword(server%x%,user,oldpass,newpass)
        if retval == 1 then 
                res%x% = 1
        else
                errcode=LastError()
                res%x% = "Error %errcode%"
        endif
next x

line=""
for x=1 to numservers
        server=server%x%
        if res%x% == 1 
                msg = "Changed"
        else
                error=res%x%
                msg = "Not changed"
        endif
        line = "%line%%server% %@TAB%->%@TAB% %msg% %@CRLF%"
next x
BoxDrawRect(1, "200,200,800,400", 2)
;BoxColor(1,"192,192,192",0)
BoxTextFont(1, "Times Roman", 150, 0, 16)
BoxDrawText(1,"200,200,800,300","Results",@TRUE,1)
BoxTextFont(1, "Times Roman", 70, 0, 16)
BoxTextColor(1,"0,0,0")
BoxDrawText(1,"200,400,800,800",line,@TRUE,1)
BoxButtonDraw(1, 1, "Okay", "400,750,600,850")
bWho=0
while bWho == 0
        for x =1 to 1
                if BoxButtonStat(1,x) then bWho=x
        next
endwhile   

exit


:Draw_Sunken
BoxPen(1,DKGRAY,1)
BoxDrawLine(1,"%UL%,%UR%")
BoxDrawLine(1,"%UL%,%LL%")
BoxPen(1,LTGRAY,1)
BoxDrawLine(1,"%UR%,%LR%")
BoxDrawLine(1,"%LL%,%LR%")
return

Article ID:   W13602

Filename:   How to Change a Novell Password Example.txt

File Created: 1999:04:15:16:55:08

Last Updated: 1999:04:15:16:55:08

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