Re: password policy and programmatic user creation

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From: Ed Ahlsen-Girard (girarde.padding_at_alum.rpi.edu.yahoo.net)
Date: 02/05/04 

Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 23:03:09 -0600

sharad wrote:
> Which OS, and is it a DC, or workgroup?
>
> Sharad
> "Ed Ahlsen-Girard" <girarde.padding@alum.rpi.edu.yahoo.net> wrote in message
> news:OudMOb65DHA.1852@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
>>I have a script that creates users and sets passwords. This is fine.
>>What is NOT fine is that I have had to undefine the password length and
>>complexity policies, because the user is created without one using the
>>method I am calling (NetUserAdd via the Win32API::Net package in
>>ActivePerl 5.6).
>>
>>I would love to have the policy back on, particularly since the people
>>who scan for holes will spank me if I don't. Does anyone know how to
>>make this happen?
>>
>>Ed
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2000 AS, and it is a DC.