John,
I just went through this recently. What I did, was to check the User must change password on next login. That way, there was no guessing. In my testing, setting the expiration does NOT force them to change it until after the number of days you set. Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Password Policy Change Oh, you will. The grumbling started a month or so ago when we implemented a 15-minute inactivity timeout that locks their computers. It will grow worse when we implement password expirations and greater complexity. But when the state auditors tell us to jump, we ask how high. John From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 11:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Password Policy Change I'm not sure of the answer to that question, but I can hear the groaning, grumbling and complaining here in Ft. Worth, TX all the way from FL from your users....... On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:51 AM, John Hornbuckle <[email protected]> wrote: Right now, our users' passwords don't expire. We're looking at changing that. My question is this... If I decide to enable password expiration, how is the expiration date calculated for my users? Let's say that today I set passwords to expire every 60 days. Will all current users' passwords expire 60 days from today? Or will all current users' passwords expire today, if those passwords are 60 days or older? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
