Re: Change password

From: ptwilliams (ptw2001_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:29:29 -0000

Yep, that's another way, and this will give you more control over who and
when you set this for thus allowing you to stagger this if necessary. 

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"Andrei Ungureanu" <andreix at msn dot com> wrote in message 
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I think that you can run a script that will put "must change password on
next logon" on every user.
what do you think?
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"Ryan Hanisco" <rhanisco@flagshipis.com> wrote in message
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> Remember that this is done at the domain level and will affect everyone in
> the domain who does not have the never expire password flag on.
>
> This is done once and cannot be controlled by OU or Site.
>
> -- 
> Ryan Hanisco
> MCSE, MCDBA
> Flagship Integration Services
>
> "Glenn L" <the.only(delete)@gmail dot com> wrote in message
> news:%236FwiAtEFHA.4052@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> You could set the maximum password age setting.
>> If you set it to 30 days, as long as everyones password is greater than
>> 30 days old, their account will be expired the next time they log in, and
>> they will be forced to change their password.
>> After everyone logs in and changes their password, you could then
>> increase it to a more desired max age like 90 days.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Glenn L
>> CCNA, MCSE 2000/2003 + Security
>>
>> "misaro" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:24e801c512c3$1cf3f580$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>> At this moment we have a domain with 300 users, no
>>> password policy set so far, .Now  we need to set a
>>> password policy (minimun  password 6  characters)
>>>
>>> So,  the problem is I need to find a way to do it
>>> simultaneously on all users. On this way enforce all users
>>> to change the password as soon as possible
>>>
>>> Thanks any comments !
>>
>>
>
>

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