[ntp:questions] NTP aaccount password

Rob nomail at example.com
Mon Jun 16 15:15:58 UTC 2014


Martin Burnicki <martin.burnicki at meinberg.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> sorry for stepping in so late, but I've been on vacation with limited 
> internet access.
>
> garrettbrian1960 at gmail.com schrieb:
>> I have been trying to install the Meinberg NTP build for Windows and
>> the install is going through, yet NTP won't start because the client
>> is saying the password is wrong.  I did have NTP on there years ago
>> but I uninstalled it, but apparently the password is still in there
>> and I don't remember what it was.  Where does Meinberg's NTP client
>> store its password?  I would imagine it's a registry key but I have
>> no idea where to look.
>
> The installer creates a hidden user with the name "ntp".
>
> 1.) You can use the Windows account manager (in some extended mode, 
> depending on the Windows version) to delete this account. When you then 
> re-install the NTP package y new user "ntp" will be created with the 
> password you give during installation.

Could you not simply login as an administrator, start a command prompt
with elevated permissions, and then type: NET USER NTP Password
(where Passowrd is the new password)?

That should reset the password, I think...



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