Minimum password length

  • Thread starter Thread starter James
  • Start date Start date
J

James

I just inherited a Windows 2000 domain with no domain
policies setup, including no password policies. I want to
setup a minimum password length(and other password
policies). We have many generic users that use the same
login with basically no network rights but to their
specific applications they use. Their passwords are
anywhere from 4-6 characters. If I apply a minimum
password length of 7 on the domain and set each account up
to not have the password expire, will the group policy
override that and force them to change it? Can the
generic accounts keep their small passwords with the
policy in place??

What will happen to other users that have the small
passwords? Will it prompt them to change or just when the
password expires.

Thanks
James
 
If you have a user with short password and "No expire" you will be able use
the old password without any problem. No prompt to change it will appear.

Of course you will not be able to create a new account (or change password
for an old one) with short password.

Best regards!
Igor Fomin
 
James-

Minimum Password Length policies are not retroactive. They only apply to new
passwords.

If a users password is marked to not expire, then they will never be
prompted for a new password due to expiry (regardless of domain settings).

--
--
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
(e-mail address removed)12.il.us

Http://www.briandesmond.com
 
Back
Top