Password change

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My question is: we have a webserver as a stand alone not
part of a domain OS W2K server edition, I have Front Page
2000 with server extensions on this server 6 seperate
websites with subwebs. Company I work for decided to make
a change in policy and instead of having our users logon
with department names they decided to use indiv.user
names, is there a way that I can have password change
prompt to the user to expire every 40 days. Is this
possible if the server is not part of a domain.
 
-----Original Message-----
My question is: we have a webserver as a stand alone not
part of a domain OS W2K server edition, I have Front Page
2000 with server extensions on this server 6 seperate
websites with subwebs. Company I work for decided to make
a change in policy and instead of having our users logon
with department names they decided to use indiv.user
names, is there a way that I can have password change
prompt to the user to expire every 40 days. Is this
possible if the server is not part of a domain.
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Sure, just:
1. Click Start, Programs, Administrative Tools,
Local Security Settings.
2. Open Account Policies and then Password Policy.
3. Double-click Maximum Password Age, then set the
expiration period you want.

Note, however, that HTTP has no provision to prompt a Web
visitor for a new password after an existing one expired.
This only occurs when the visitor tries to access the
computer through a file share or other Windows Networking.

Actually, unless this is the only server your organization
owns, it would be much better to set up a domain, and then
add your server as a member. That way, the same id and
password people use for mail and filesharing would work
for Web access as well.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*------------------------------------------------------*
|\----------------------------------------------------/|
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out ||
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out ||
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition ||
|| Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002 ||
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming ||
|| (All from Microsoft Press) ||
|/----------------------------------------------------\|
*------------------------------------------------------*
 
-----Original Message-----
Thanks that's what I thought, I was hoping I was wrong I appreciate your help

Sure, just:
1. Click Start, Programs, Administrative Tools,
Local Security Settings.
2. Open Account Policies and then Password Policy.
3. Double-click Maximum Password Age, then set the
expiration period you want.

Note, however, that HTTP has no provision to prompt a Web
visitor for a new password after an existing one expired.
This only occurs when the visitor tries to access the
computer through a file share or other Windows Networking.

Actually, unless this is the only server your organization
owns, it would be much better to set up a domain, and then
add your server as a member. That way, the same id and
password people use for mail and filesharing would work
for Web access as well.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*------------------------------------------------------*
|\----------------------------------------------------/|
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out ||
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out ||
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition ||
|| Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002 ||
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming ||
|| (All from Microsoft Press) ||
|/----------------------------------------------------\|
*------------------------------------------------------*

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