Re: Complex Password Policy and service accounts

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From: Danny Sanders (Danny.Sanders_at_cpcNOmedSPAM.org)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:25:14 -0600

Set the "password never expires" property on the user account associated
with the service.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

"huff-n-puff" <huffnpuff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:854C5ABD-FB94-484A-8C0A-740ED667DAF8@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> I want to set a complex password policy that changes every 90 days or so,
which I can do.
>
> BUT how do I account for the many service accounts on my domain such as
SQL sa accounts etc, as these are non interactive they will get locked
every 90 days unless someone logs in as them and sets the password.
>
> Any idea on ways to solve this, I presume a second domainis one way, any
others?
>
> Thanks
>
> M

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