Thanks for the confirmations guys. I now feel more confident about going and talking to these consultants about it - not that I'm bitter about being left out of the design process or anything :-) But hey, it's me who's going to have to support it when they leave...
On 28 October 2010 13:34, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: > PSOs are assigned to users or groups – they are not able to be assigned to > OUs. > > > > All that such a proposed policy would do is change the password policy for > local accounts on that Citrix server. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, 28 October 2010 8:24 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Windows 2008 password policies > > > > Well I have just talked to them about it, and their stutters lead me to > believe that they may indeed be full of it... > > They are "going to have a look" at how it is implemented > > Ideally I'd just like to be able to test it myself though. Killjoys. > > On 28 October 2010 13:18, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> wrote: > > I think they are full of it. Although I admit to the possibility that > they’ve discovered something that I just didn’t know about. > > > > Joeware.net has a free tool for dealing with pso’s. recommended. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 28, 2010 8:01 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Windows 2008 password policies > > > > I know Windows 2008 AD supports fine-grained password policies, I also > thought this was done through adsiedit voodoo such as documented here ( > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770842%28WS.10%29.aspx). I > have a team of consultants on site who are telling me that fine-grained > password policies can simply be set by blocking GPO inheritance on the > Citrix servers OU (which is where all the computers sit that all our users > log on to) and linking a new GPO to the OU which will override the default > domain policy. Are they right, or am I? > > We are simply looking at disabling the password complexity requirement for > the test users in the new domain, and they won't let me have an account at > the minute to test things (maybe they are worried I might find some errors), > which is why I am having to ask. > > TIA, > > > > JRR > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
