Re: PASSFILT.DLL

From: D Hall (concert@att.net)
Date: 08/16/02 

From: "D Hall" <concert@att.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 06:32:09 -0700

It is a single Domain Network.
Active Directory Users and Computers
Domain Controllers (Properties)
Group Policy
Default Domain Controllers Policy
Windows Settings
Security Settings
Account Policies
Password Policies
Passwords must meet complexity requirements (enable)
Have enabled other policies
Max Age 90
Min Age 30
Min Length 6
History 18

>-----Original Message-----
>In article <41df01c24524$998cb5b0$9ae62ecf@tkmsftngxa02>,
>concert@att.net says...
>> I want to institute a strong password policy. After
>> changing setting in GPO I tested it by forcing a test
user
>> to change passwords. Purposely entering a password that
>> does not conform to policy I get the message, "password
>> must be at least 0 charaters....." Reserching this I
find
>> information about passfilt.dll. Currently at SP2, I
could
>> not find the file passfilt.dll. I applied SP3, since it
>> was reference in KB Articles. Still the file
passfilt.dll
>> does not exist. So I am at Windows 2000 Server, SP3.
Any
>> suggestions on where I can get and institute
(passfilt.dll)
>>
>>
>
>The functionality in passfilt.dll is built into Windows
2000.
>
>You need to step back and provide some more details:
>
>1. Where is the GPO linked?
>2. What password policy settings did you implement,
exactly?
>
>etc.
>
>--
>Paul Adare
>If you think your wife's jewellery is an investment, try
selling a few
>pieces.
>.
>

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