Re: Password Changes - URGENT

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From: Joe Richards [MVP] (humorexpress_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/09/05


Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 10:07:51 -0500

This will not work. Password policy for domain users is domain wide.

   joe

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Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
www.joeware.net
Shalom B. wrote:
> You could enforce this kind of a policy change with a work around that 
> could be messy but if properly thought out and implemented might just 
> work sm.
> 
> Create a temporary group on your domain and create and apply a GPO (with 
> the necessary changes) to this group, then slowly add users to this 
> group, when all 300 users are done, you could then apply the GPO to your 
> old group(s) and delete the temporary group.
> 
> Gil wrote:
> 
>> hi,
>> I want to change my users passwords policy. I want to change for 
>> example the
>> minimun passowrd length .
>> I have 300 users and I do NOT want to change the policy for all the 
>> users at
>> the same time.
>> But if I will use the domain security policy for this change, it will 
>> change
>> the policy for all the users at the same time.
>> I saw in the win2000server GPO the option to change the passowrd 
>> policy from
>> the computer configuration of the GPO and NOT from the user 
>> configuration of
>> the GPO.
>> 1. How can I change the password  policy from the GPO from the USER
>> CONFIGURATION and NOT from the COMPUTER CONFIGURATION.
>>
>> 2.I have only winn2000server and NONE win2003 server. So I will NOT be 
>> able
>> to apply the GPO option for changing the password policy for PART of the
>> users in the OU !!! (I have 300 users and I do NOT want to change the 
>> policy
>> for all the users at the same time.)
>> How can I solve this issue without installing win2003 server or 
>> installing
>> third party tool for this issue ???
>>
>> thanks alot.
>>
>>
>>


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