What about making an overarching forest in AD with two domains (that trust
each other).  Then staff would just need to login as say
[email protected] to use the same machines as the kids.

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Tom Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Currently our network is Windows based with our servers being 2003.  In
> the past, our K-3 students have had accounts, but no passwords.  I had staff
> and grades 4-8 set a password of 5 chars and just didn’t tell them that it
> would accept blank passwords.  I had to do it this way since 2003 server
> won’t allow more than one password policy per domain.  I am now being
> instructed to put strong password policies on the staff accounts.  In order
> to do this, it would mean that all our students, including K-3 students,
> will have to somehow learn an 8 char password with 3 of 4 letters, numbers,
> caps, symbols, and then change it every 60 days without repeating the same
> password 6 times.  I just can’t fathom how a K-3 student will be able to do
> this on their own.  If you have a 2003 environment, how do you handle the
> younger students passwords?  Is there a way to somehow make a 2003 domain
> accept more than one password policy?
>
>
>
>       Thanks,
>
>
>
>               Tom Wilson
>
>               Technology Coordinator/
>
>               Network Manager
>
>               District 50 Schools
>
>               Washington, IL
>
>               (309) 745-9531
>
>
>
>
>
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