Yes, password changes only are affected by the default domain policy. On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are you saying I have to do this in the default domain policy? Do I set > it at the same point within? > > > > Joe Heaton > > Employment Training Panel > > > > *From:* Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, October 24, 2008 3:13 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Password policy > > > > Password policies are set at the domain level, assuming 2003 or earlier. > > You can't get there from here unless you create a new domain for those 27 > people. > > > > Carl > > > > *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, October 24, 2008 6:10 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Password policy > > > > This may be a stupid question, but my google-fu is just giving me generic > answers. > > > > I want to enforce some password requirements, that are not in effect now. > I've done this by creating a new group policy, at the top level of my user > OUs. I've gone into Computer configuration -> Windows settings -> Security > settings -> Account policies -> Password policy. I set the minimum length, > etc. Then, in the right side window for the GPO in GPMC, I use Security > filtering to apply the policy to one specific user, for testing. I then > went into that user's account, and checked the box for must change > password. Then, I go to the machine where I have this user account logged > in, go to command prompt and type in gpupdate /force, reboot the machine, > and go to change the password. To test it, I tried using a very short > password, and it was allowed. > > > > What am I doing wrong here? I've got 27 new computers rolling out > tomorrow, and we want to enforce the password stuff for those 27 people, but > I need to get this right. > > > > Joe Heaton > > AISA > > Employment Training Panel > > 1100 J Street, 4th Floor > > Sacramento, CA 95814 > > (916) 327-5276 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
