[gptalk] Re: Password Policy

  • From: "Dave Palombi" <dave.palombi@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:18:24 -0400

Darren,

Thanks for the info.  We are trying to migrate certain sections with
different password policy's until everyone has been done then one big policy
at the end.  How would I be able to achive this.

Dave

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Darren Mar-Elia <darren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Dave-
>
> Are you trying to apply password policy to a domain user or a local user
> account on a workstation or member server? Password policy, as you've
> noticed, does not apply to users. IT applies only to computers where the
> accounts reside. In the case of domain user accounts (i.e. held in AD), you
> can only set one password policy for a given domain and that must be in a
> GPO linked at the domain level. For local user accounts—those housed on
> member servers and workstations, you have to make sure that the GPO is
> linked to those containers where those computers reside, not the users.
>
>
>
> Darren
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Dave Palombi
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 17, 2008 12:08 PM
> *To:* gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [gptalk] Password Policy
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a question about implementing a password policy.  I am trying to
> implement a password policy and it works but it is not being applied to the
> user.  All settings are with in the computer settings.  When I do a
> gpresult, the policy shows under not applied section and this it says
> filtering: not applied (empty)
>
> Your thoughts.
>
> Dave
>

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