Re: User Accounts Keep Locking Out

From: John (john@mousehut.com)
Date: 01/28/03 

From: john@mousehut.com (John)
Date: 27 Jan 2003 20:43:52 -0800

> > Are you sure the accounts are being locked out, and that you havent set the
> > passwords to expire after a certain time. By the way - the built in admin
> > account cannot be locked out, and most password cracking tools can identify
> > this account no matter what you name it.
> >
> > just a thought

Yep, absolutely sure. The passwords are not set to expire.

By the way, my admin account shows me being "locked out" with the
check mark in the box though I can still log on.

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