I changed service account for the MOSS application .after that the serviceaccount is getting locked for every 15 to 20 minutes .I excuted the following commands in the serverstsadm -o updateaccountpassword -userlogin domain\\admin -password pwrd-noadminstsadm -o spsearch -farmserviceaccount domain\\admin -farmservicepasswordpwrdstsadm -o spsearch -farmcontentaccessaccount domain\\admin-farmcontentaccesspassword pwrdstsadm -o updatefarmcredentials -userlogin domain\\admin -password pwrdstsadm.exe -o editssp -title SSP -ssplogin domain\\admin -ssppassword pwrdstsadm.exe -o osearch -farmserviceaccount domain\admin -farmservicepasswordpwrdafter that i reset the iis ..and changed the apppool identity alsobut still for every 20 minutes the account is getting locked .
Did you use a custom user profile import account in Shared Services? I have achecklist on another machine, so ping back if you don't find an answer.Oh, I finally got my access to SharePoint discussions working, so I'm back.
Did you actually change the password for the admin account in the domain?The commands you've specified simply change the record of the password inthe SharePoint configuration database. It doesn't actually change thepassword in the domain. So changing the password using just stsadm willcause SharePoint to try to access those accounts using an incorrectpassword, which would lock the accounts after X number of attempts (normally3).