First of all, make sure you have the Group Policy Management Console installed, that makes your life much easier, especially when dealing with things like this. Then, in the GPMC, select the policy that restricts passwords, and make sure that the Authenticated Users group is listed in the security filtering box. Go to the Delegation tab, click on Advanced, add the Group of users you want to allow blank passwords for, and check the Deny box for Apply Group Policy. Then, on the Blank Password group policy, just add the Group of Users you want to be able to use blank password to the Security Filtering box, and remove Authenticated Users from that box. That should work unless something strange is different about the security policy piece. Unfortunately, I'm in the process of rebuilding my training classroom, so I can't test it out on that specific piece of Group Policy. Make sure that: 1. Both policies either only include the password settings, or that the other settings are identical, if you want them to be. 2. Both policies are linked to the domain level. Password settings are only supposed to work at the domain level, but I haven't actually tried it in a lab environment to see if that is the case in real life, as well. Let me know if it works or not; James >>> mfowler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 7/8/2004 10:13:26 AM >>> That much I think I understand, we have created a 2nd domain wide policy but are trying to apply it to only a select set of groups, not the entire domain. I'm beginning to think that this is impossible to do. Any additional thoughts? At 09:09 AM 7/8/04 -0500, you wrote: >I thought that this type of Account policy was a Domain wide thing and not a >specific OU and that wanting different account policies was one of the >reasons one would set up child domains. > >Douglas Jensen >Douglas.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Voice (952) 402-9821 >Fax (952) 402-9815 >Network Administrator >Scott Carver Dakota CAP Agency, Inc. >712 Canterbury Road >Shakopee, MN 55379 >www.capagency.org > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Matt Fowler [mailto:mfowler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 9:06 AM >To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [windows2000] 2003 Active Directory, Blank Passwords > > >Trying to setup Group Policies to allow a certain group of users the >ability to have blank passwords. However, the only way I can get blank >passwords to be allowed is to apply the GPO to the "authenticated users" >group. I don't want everyone to have blank passwords, just the users of a >specific group that are in a specific OU. > >What is the correct method for doing this? Should I be linking the GPO to >the OU or should I be using security permissions at the domain level? > >Thanks for any help, > >Matt Fowler >LAN Specialist >(847)925-6113 >mfowler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >******************************************************** >This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games >Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to >relieve your stress. >http://www.StressedPuppy.com >******************************************************** >To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation >mode or view archives use the below link. > >http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm >******************************************************** >This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games >Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to >relieve your stress. >http://www.StressedPuppy.com >******************************************************** >To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation >mode or view archives use the below link. > >http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm Matt Fowler LAN Specialist (847)925-6113 mfowler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm