Re: Impact of changing password policy

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No, they won't be affected until they are required to change their password
because of expiration.


"Jim Hatfield" <jim.hatfield@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The current password policy on our Win2K setup requires
> passwords to be at least 6 characters and for them to be
> changed every 42 days. For various political reasons I want
> to remove the enforced change and compensate by increasing
> the minimum length to 7 characters.
>
> If I do this, will everyone be immediately forced to change
> their password, since their current 6-character password
> no longer meets the policy? (this would be a bad thing to
> happen...)
>
>
> --
> Jim Hatfield


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