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More info?)
Thanks!
How the hell could I miss that?? ;-))
I used the NET USER to create an account, but it lacks the parameter to set
"Password never expires" !!
"Jerold Schulman" <Jerry@jsiinc.com> wrote in message
news:dakqu0529e0ovborrv8ekcnvjg1v5huft5@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:14:40 +0100, "Morten H Andersen" <na@na.na> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>
>>Is it possible to set the password policy attributes in the registration
>>database or with a commandline?
>>
>>regards
>>
>>- Morten H Andersen -
>>
>
> net accounts /?
>
> From Help:
>
> Net accounts Updates the user accounts database and modifies password and
> logon requirements for all accounts.
>
> Syntax
> net accounts [/forcelogoff:{Minutes | no}] [/minpwlen:Length]
> [/maxpwage:{Days | unlimited}] [/minpwage
ays] [/uniquepw:Number]
> [/domain]
>
> Parameters
> /forcelogoff:{Minutes | no}
> Sets the number of minutes to wait before ending a user's session with a
> server when the user account or valid logon time expires. The default
> value, no, prevents users from being forced to log off.
> /minpwlen:Length
> Sets the minimum number of characters for a user account password. The
> range is from 0 through 127 characters and the default is six characters.
> /maxpwage:{Days | unlimited}
> Sets the maximum number of days that a user account's password is valid.
> The unlimited value sets no maximum time. The /maxpwage command-line
> option must be greater than /minpwage. The range is from 1 through 49,710
> days (that is, unlimited
> equals 49,710 days), and the default value is 90 days.
> /minpwage
ays
> Sets the minimum number of days before a user can change a new password.
> The default value is zero days, which sets no minimum time. The range is
> from 0 through 49,710 days.
> /uniquepw:Number
> Requires a user to not repeat the same password for the specified Number
> of password changes. The range is from 0 through 24 password changes, and
> the default is five password changes.
> /domain
> Performs the operation on the primary domain controller of the current
> domain. Otherwise, the operation is performed on the local computer.
> net help Command
> Displays help for the specified net command.
> Remarks
> The Net Logon service must be running on the computer where you want to
> change account parameters. Used without parameters, net accounts displays
> the current settings for password, logon limitations, and domain
> information.
> You must do the following before you can use net accounts:
> Create user accounts. Use User Manager or net user to set up user
> accounts.
> Run the Net Logon service on all servers that verify logon in the domain.
> Net Logon starts automatically at startup.
> When you use /forcelogoff:Minutes, a warning is sent minutes before users
> are forced to log off from the network. Users are also notified if any
> files are open. If Minutes is less than two, users are warned to log off
> from the network
> immediately.
> Examples
> To display the current settings, the password requirements, and the server
> role for a server, type:
>
> net accounts
>
> To set a minimum of seven characters for user account passwords, type:
>
> net accounts /minpwlen:7
>
> To specify that users can reuse a password only after the fifth time they
> change passwords, type:
>
> net accounts /uniquepw:5
>
> To prevent users from changing passwords more often than every seven days,
> force users to change passwords every 30 days, and force users to log off
> after the logon time expires with a five-minute warning, type:
>
> net accounts /minpwage:7 /maxpwage:30 /forcelogoff:5
>
> To ensure that the preceding settings take effect for the domain that the
> computer is logged on to, type:
>
> net accounts /minpwage:7 /maxpwage:30 /domain
>
>
>
> Jerold Schulman
> Windows Server MVP
> JSI, Inc.
>
http://www.jsiinc.com
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