Procedure to Use STSADM Commands

Using the STSADM commands

Central Admin

1. stsadm -o updatefarmcredentials -userlogin [Service Account] -password [Password]
IISRESET /NOFORCE

NOTE:
One or more errors deploying administration application pool credentials. Please check the application event log and fix manually. This command must either be used on a server where Central Administration is running, or you must specify the -local parameter.

There was an error encrypting or decrypting credentials. Either a credential update is currently being performed, or you must update the farm account credentials on this server before you can perform this task. Run the above command with -local parameter

App pool password change

2. stsadm -o updateaccountpassword -userlogin [Service Account] -password [Password] -noadmin

IISRESET /NOFORCE

NOTE: in case there is an error in the above step saying "please retry manually”. Re-run the above script after opening the Central Admin site.

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3. stsadm.exe -o spsearch -farmserviceaccount [Service Account] -farmservicepassword [Password]

4. stsadm.exe -o spsearch -farmcontentaccessaccount [Service Account] -farmcontentaccesspassword [Password]

SSP

5. stsadm.exe -o editssp -title [Name of SharedServices] -ssplogin [Service Account] -ssppassword [Password]

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6. stsadm.exe -o osearch -farmserviceaccount [Service Account] -farmservicepassword [Password]

7. Finally, Manually change the password for “Default content access account”