Re: How To Enabling a Password Policy

From: Nick Finco [MS] (nfinco@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/27/03 

From: "Nick Finco [MS]" <nfinco@online.microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 18:12:08 -0800

No, this wouldn't work. Those settings are only configured from the Domain
level GPOs. OU level GPOs have no effect on these settings, even configured
as you have described below.

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"Jas Singh" <jsingh70@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ueElVk98CHA.1600@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Another way you can do this is again create the password policy under the
> Default domain policy, but the difference this time instead of changing
> 'password never expires' setting for the users, create OU's within your
> domain, move users into those OU's and under the group policy tab, check
the
> box 'Block policy inheritance'.  This should also prevent selective users
> from getting the password policy.
> Good Luck
>
> "Vanguyver" <vanguyver@evansville.edu> wrote in message
> news:2c3b01c2eff9$b130b650$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > I have a problem; I do not want to force all my users to
> > change their passwords but just certain groups with
> > higher administrative rights.  I work for a small
> > University and security for the student logons are not
> > required.  All of the IT department staff members are
> > required to have a more secure password than other
> > departments such as the registrar's office.  Could
> > someone please help me?  Everything I have seen with
> > passwords is on the system configuration side not the
> > user side.
>
>

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