Re: Password Policy

From: Pat (nobody_at_nobody.com)
Date: 12/03/04 

Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 06:02:00 -0500

Steve,
do domain policies override local policies as a rule?
thanks

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 19:29:37 GMT, "Steven L Umbach"
<n9rou@n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net> wrote:

>Hi Pat.
>
>It depends what is the "effective" policy on the computer which will apply
>to local user accounts. You can open Local Security Policy to see what it
>reports noting that for Windows 2000 you need to look at the "effective"
>settings. I think if you run the "net accounts" command on the computer it
>will also display the account settings. --- Steve
>
>
>"Pat" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
>news:fnouq05ebr7r8e0hpqp6ojv0inm6pvhhvq@4ax.com...
>> If I create a local user on the local domain on the local pc and logon
>> to that after logging on with a user from my company domain. what
>> password policy would apply , the local or the company?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:10:12 -0500, "Ken B" <none@microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I don't think it's possible to log into a domain with an account that's
>>>'homed' on a local computer. You would need to log into the domain using
>>>a
>>>domain user account.
>>>
>>>Ken
>>>
>>>
>>>"Pat" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
>>>news:a2msq0dlbfdl4esn257kjo19mklaec8tth@4ax.com...
>>>> can you tell me if I log in to the local domain with a local user,
>>>> what password policy would apply?
>>>> On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:52:50 -0500, "Ken B" <none@microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>... as a follow up to what I just posted, if you have a domain, you
>>>>>shouldn't be using local accounts--that defeats the purpose of the
>>>>>domain.
>>>>>
>>>>>Ken
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Pat" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:cgirq05g7uo9hkm73m11o2jbhjcgh7317b@4ax.com...
>>>>>> in a W2K domain, I have a xp client. If I set my password policy at
>>>>>> the domain gpo and my local gpo, what policy gets picked up if I log
>>>>>> on with a local user at the xp client?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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