Re: Rewriting the MSGINA.DLL

From: Drew Cooper [MSFT] (dcoop_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:18:58 -0800

You might want to write your own password filter instead of replacing the
GINA.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=151082 

-- 
Drew Cooper [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Tom Bennett" <tom32173@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%23azfiGqEEHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> We have a minor issue that we need to address.  We have the policy of the
> minimum password length of 8 characters on our domain.  We also have a
> password synchronization program that allows a maximum of 8 characters due
> to ACF2 restrictions.  So, this means we have a password length of no more
> or no less than 8 characters.
>
> Based on the setup above, I am in search of documentation of how to change
> the error message that you receive when you try to change your password
with
> more than 8 characters.  Windows itself will allow it, but since the
> passoword synchronization does not allow more than 8, so it passes back an
> error that the password can not be set.  So, no passwords are reset for
the
> user.  The error message that a user receives from windows is that the
> password must be at least 8 characters.  There is nothing about the
maximum
> length of the password.  It can be misleading for a user.
>
> If the initial investigation I've done is correct, what needs done is to
> modify the msgina.dll.  However, I am unable to find documentation on how
to
> create a new msgina.dll so that it would present a valid error message.
>
> Can anyone assist with this subject?
>
>

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