Right-and her authority could well be wrong. That's what I'm trying to ascertain.
I ran the password age tool Paul posted a link to, and it says her password is 55 days old at the moment. I'm going to ask her when she thinks she last changed it, to see how her perception compares. We only have one policy relating to password ages-if it weren't working, her password would never expire. At least, that's the theory. :-) From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Password Change History Well, you only have it on her authority that she's actually had to change the password. When was the last date she actually changed the password? Did she have problems changing it on any of the occasions where it was warranted? Are there other passwords in the environment that need to be changed regularly? Is she really being managed by the right group policy for password age? -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:32 AM, John Hornbuckle <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hm... That could explain a little. Still, something isn't right. Her account was created 193 days ago-August 20th. If she's prompted every 76 days (and she changes the password on the day she's prompted), then she'd have changed it twice during that period. The first one at November 4th, then again January 19th. She says she has had to change it 5 times, though. John From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Password Change History She will get reminded 14 days prior to the expiration date, so the effect will be that she changes it every 76-80 days -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:09 AM, John Hornbuckle <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: We have a group policy requiring setting a maximum password age of 90 days. I have a user who swears she's having to change hers more frequently than that. I'm not really sure how to troubleshoot... Is there some way I can confirm whether or not what she's saying is accurate? It seems likely that it just FEELS like more frequently than 90 days to her, but you never know-weird things can happen sometimes. And since we only implemented password expiration relatively recently, it's possible that I did something wrong. Although I'd have expected to hear from a lot more people than just one if that's the case. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us<http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us> NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
