Hello, sorry for the late response, but yes, you're right. I thought I remembered some machines where this worked, but it seems I was wrong. Since we usually work only with domain accounts, I don't need this often. But if I do, I might have a look at the tool you recommended ;-)
Bye, Andreas Gerhard Hofmann schrieb: > Andreas Heinlein wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> the FAQ is incorrect in this point. You *can* turn off expiration of the >> password using "net user": >> >> net user <username> <password> /EXPIRES:NEVER >> >> Works for us using Windows 2000 SP4, so it should work with XP also. >> >> Bye, >> Andreas >> >> > > Hi Andreas, > > >from my own experience, the /expires:never flag only prevents expiry of > the *account itself* but *not* of the password. > > I just tried this command > net user myuser mypwd /add /expires:never > on my XP-Pro-SP2-Box and then looked into the Windows-User-Manager. > > The password-does-not-expire checkbox for this user was *not* set. > > Regards > Gerhard > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > unattended-info mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
