RE: Account Lockout Policy

From: Laura A. Robinson (larobins_at_bellatlantic.net)
Date: 10/20/05

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    Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:49:45 -0400
    To: "'Shabbar Arsiwala'" <sarsiwala@obleness.org>, <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
    
    

    Sure. You can set a local group policy on the machine and it will affect all
    local accounts. Alternately, you can put the machine into its own OU and set
    the policy there, which makes it easier to manage.

    Laura

    > -----Original Message-----
    > 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
    >
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