change min. password length on win2k server

[a208]

Hi,

Can I change min. password length for administrator on local policy and don't affect the AD user, can I do that?

thanks in advance.

 

[juniper911]

I would say no because if your domain policy said min password length is 8 chars and you made a local policy saying length is 7 then the min password would be 8 assumming the server is in the domain.

 

[a208]

But what if I don't set the min. password length in domain policy and the local policy saying length 8 chars, will this local policy affect the domain users?

I only want to set the Adminstrator's password length policy on AD server but don't want to affect the end user, is there any alternative way to accomplish it!

thanks

 

[kmcferrin]

Is the server in question a member server or domain controller? If it is a member server and you don't have a minimum length specified in the Default Domain Policy, then you should be able to set a local security policy for the server that sets a minimum password length for local accounts only.

If the server in question is a domain controller, then there is no such thing as a local policy for that server.