Depends on which part of the process you're concerned
about. Will the passwords expire at the same time? Not
necessarily. They'll all expire at the interval of password expiration
based on pwdLastSet. To play that out, if user 1 last set her pwd
yesterday, she has until pwd expiration interval from yesterday. If user2
last set his pwd two weeks ago, he'll get the notification pwd expiration - 2
weeks.
So, unless all accounts just had their pwd set at the exact
same time, then no, they won't all get their pwd notification at the same
time. They'll get it when they next meet the criteria. To be more
articulate in your admins case, they will all expire at the same time *interval*
vs. the same exact moment in time. Not that it matters for most domains,
but...
Al
From: Thommes, Michael M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 11:04 AM
To: Active Directory Mailing List (E-mail)
Subject: [ActiveDir] consequences of setting password expiration length
Hi
Folks,
I
apologize for the question since I think it has been battered around in one form
or another but I can't seem to find the answer. The question: a related
company root admin wants to see a password expiration length time on a W2K
domain. He is worried that everyone's password will expire at the same
time. Correct or incorrect? TIA!
Mike
Thommes
