RE: Account Lockout Policy

From: Derick Anderson (danderson_at_vikus.com)
Date: 10/20/05

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To: "Shabbar Arsiwala" <sarsiwala@obleness.org>, <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>

     

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    > From: Shabbar Arsiwala [mailto:sarsiwala@obleness.org]
    > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 9:07 AM
    > To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: Account Lockout Policy
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    > We have an account lockout policy setup for users on our
    > domain Win 2K3 / Active Directory environment. 4 invalid
    > attempts the account locks out / 30 mins the account is
    > released. We would like to change this policy for one the
    > machines on our domain. This machine uses a local
    > administrator account to log in.
    >
    > Is this possible ???
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Shabbar

    It is possible to change the *local* machine account lockout policy for
    a specific machine, but not the *domain* lockout policy. To do this you
    need to put your *domain* password policy in the Domain Controllers OU,
    create a separate OU for this one machine, make a new policy with the
    desired lockout settings, and link it to the single machine's OU. This
    will only work for *local* accounts (such as MACHINE\Administrator), not
    *domain* accounts (DOMAIN\Administrator).

    Derick Anderson

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