Re: Different password policy for some users

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNoSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 10/05/05 

Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 19:19:09 -0700

There is only one set of account policies applied to a domain and it is
applied equally to all accounts. Anything else for domain accounts
requires third-party extensions. You might want to look into using
smart cards for privileged accounts.

"Stephen Walter" <stephen.walter@rainmaker.com.au> wrote in message
news:1128469638.782737.289610@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> My boss wants me to lengthen the maximum age of passwords so users
> aren't required to suffer the annoyance of having to change too
> frequently.
>
> I know how to do this by editiing the group policy, but I would like to
> have certain users, who have elevated privileges, to be forced to
> change their passwords as frequently as at present.
>
> Is there any way to override the grouop policy for specific users or do
> I have to do it manually.
>

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