Guest john Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 Hi, I would like to enable password complexity on our domain. Would this affect the administrator password? If so, is there a way not to affect admin password? Thanks for all help! -- "Learn from the mistakes of others! You can't live long enough to make them all yourself!!"
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 Re: Passwords "john" <john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:486B3480-BEBD-4D71-A976-A58ADC03A1F9@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I would like to enable password complexity on our domain. Would this > affect > the administrator password? If so, is there a way not to affect admin > password? > > Thanks for all help! > -- > "Learn from the mistakes of others! You can't live long enough to make > them > all yourself!!" I don't think you can do this, and anyway, you shouldn't. The admin password should be the most secure of all passwords. As a wise man said: "Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself." . . .
Guest Richard Mueller [MVP] Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 Re: Passwords "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message news:Oxx32%23UIIHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > "john" <john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:486B3480-BEBD-4D71-A976-A58ADC03A1F9@microsoft.com... >> Hi, >> >> I would like to enable password complexity on our domain. Would this >> affect >> the administrator password? If so, is there a way not to affect admin >> password? >> >> Thanks for all help! >> -- >> "Learn from the mistakes of others! You can't live long enough to make >> them >> all yourself!!" > > I don't think you can do this, and anyway, you shouldn't. The admin > password should be the most secure of all passwords. As a wise man > said: "Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to > make them all yourself." . . . > Password complexity applies to all. Whether you enable password complexity or not, the administrator password should be complex and secure. Otherwise there's no sense having passwords at all. -- Richard Mueller Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net --
Guest Jupiter Jones [MVP] Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 Re: Passwords Whatever standards you set for others, the Administrator needs to be at least as strong, if not stronger. Otherwise you risk the Administrator account to be the weakest and first compromised. Since you have asked here, my guess you also asked in and around your organization. Therefore there may be people there already aware of the weakness you are considering. It is only a matter of time before that little bit of information gets around, possibly to someone desiring to take advantage. Your signature should also help you answer your own question. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org "john" <john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:486B3480-BEBD-4D71-A976-A58ADC03A1F9@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I would like to enable password complexity on our domain. Would this > affect > the administrator password? If so, is there a way not to affect > admin > password? > > Thanks for all help! > -- > "Learn from the mistakes of others! You can't live long enough to > make them > all yourself!!"
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