set password expiry to a few weeks.

[Guest Haggis]

Is there some way i can force a group of users on the domain to have their

password expire in 2 weeks without changing the Domain policy and affecting

other users.

 

The reason for this is that, for some time we have had a group of users that

passwords never expire, now we want to enforce password expiry along with the

rest of the domain. However, i do not want to wait for the 180 days before

they have to change it. i also do not want to set 'change password at next

logon' as these particular users are mobile PDA users and have access to a

network PC only occasionally. So once 'change password at next logon' is set,

and their device queries our mail server, their password will have to be

changed. I need a 2 or 3 week buffer, which will be enough time for them to

have used an office PC to change password in the expiration warning time.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: set password expiry to a few weeks.

 

 

"Haggis" <Haggis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:0F1C8B9E-12EF-470D-8572-9EACF0F508BB@microsoft.com...

> Is there some way i can force a group of users on the domain to have their

> password expire in 2 weeks without changing the Domain policy and

> affecting

> other users.

>

> The reason for this is that, for some time we have had a group of users

> that

> passwords never expire, now we want to enforce password expiry along with

> the

> rest of the domain. However, i do not want to wait for the 180 days before

> they have to change it. i also do not want to set 'change password at next

> logon' as these particular users are mobile PDA users and have access to a

> network PC only occasionally. So once 'change password at next logon' is

> set,

> and their device queries our mail server, their password will have to be

> changed. I need a 2 or 3 week buffer, which will be enough time for them

> to

> have used an office PC to change password in the expiration warning time.

 

You could run this command a number of times:

net user JSmith /domain /expires:10/31/2008

 

and this one to check your work:

net user JSmith

[Guest Haggis]

Re: set password expiry to a few weeks.

 

This is to expire the actual account, not the password, is this right?

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "Haggis" <Haggis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:0F1C8B9E-12EF-470D-8572-9EACF0F508BB@microsoft.com...

> > Is there some way i can force a group of users on the domain to have their

> > password expire in 2 weeks without changing the Domain policy and

> > affecting

> > other users.

> >

> > The reason for this is that, for some time we have had a group of users

> > that

> > passwords never expire, now we want to enforce password expiry along with

> > the

> > rest of the domain. However, i do not want to wait for the 180 days before

> > they have to change it. i also do not want to set 'change password at next

> > logon' as these particular users are mobile PDA users and have access to a

> > network PC only occasionally. So once 'change password at next logon' is

> > set,

> > and their device queries our mail server, their password will have to be

> > changed. I need a 2 or 3 week buffer, which will be enough time for them

> > to

> > have used an office PC to change password in the expiration warning time.

>

> You could run this command a number of times:

> net user JSmith /domain /expires:10/31/2008

>

> and this one to check your work:

> net user JSmith

>

>

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: set password expiry to a few weeks.

 

Doh . . . so it does!

 

"Haggis" <Haggis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D7200327-3512-4B3C-AA76-A66B3C7AA99F@microsoft.com...

> This is to expire the actual account, not the password, is this right?

>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

>>

>> "Haggis" <Haggis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:0F1C8B9E-12EF-470D-8572-9EACF0F508BB@microsoft.com...

>> > Is there some way i can force a group of users on the domain to have

>> > their

>> > password expire in 2 weeks without changing the Domain policy and

>> > affecting

>> > other users.

>> >

>> > The reason for this is that, for some time we have had a group of users

>> > that

>> > passwords never expire, now we want to enforce password expiry along

>> > with

>> > the

>> > rest of the domain. However, i do not want to wait for the 180 days

>> > before

>> > they have to change it. i also do not want to set 'change password at

>> > next

>> > logon' as these particular users are mobile PDA users and have access

>> > to a

>> > network PC only occasionally. So once 'change password at next logon'

>> > is

>> > set,

>> > and their device queries our mail server, their password will have to

>> > be

>> > changed. I need a 2 or 3 week buffer, which will be enough time for

>> > them

>> > to

>> > have used an office PC to change password in the expiration warning

>> > time.

>>

>> You could run this command a number of times:

>> net user JSmith /domain /expires:10/31/2008

>>

>> and this one to check your work:

>> net user JSmith

>>

>>

>>