maximum password size setting ?

[E-Double]

is there a way to set the maximum password size for users when they are
changing their passwords ? tia...

[Ozz]

You can only set minimum length via group policy, but here are the rules from
MS. Minimum password length determines the minimum number of characters a
password can have. Although Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
support passwords up to 28 characters in length, the value of this setting
can only be between 0 and 14. If it is set to 0, users are allowed to have
blank passwords, so you should not use a value of 0. It is recommended that
you set this value to 8 characters.

Post by E-Double
is there a way to set the maximum password size for users when they are
changing their passwords ? tia...

[E-Double]

but no way to set maximum length ? doh! i was afraid of that.

thanks for the reply,

e.

Post by Ozz
You can only set minimum length via group policy, but here are the rules from
MS. Minimum password length determines the minimum number of characters a
password can have. Although Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
support passwords up to 28 characters in length, the value of this setting
can only be between 0 and 14. If it is set to 0, users are allowed to have
blank passwords, so you should not use a value of 0. It is recommended that
you set this value to 8 characters.

Post by E-Double
is there a way to set the maximum password size for users when they are
changing their passwords ? tia...

[Joe Richards [MVP]]

You can set passwords up to 128 unicode and 256 ascii characters I believe.
Certainly you can exceed 28 characters though if you try to chat with downlevel
clients/servers you will have issues.

You can also set the policy higher than 14 minimum, just not with the GUI.

You are correct though in that you can not set a maximum password length.

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Author of O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition
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Post by Ozz
You can only set minimum length via group policy, but here are the rules from
MS. Minimum password length determines the minimum number of characters a
password can have. Although Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
support passwords up to 28 characters in length, the value of this setting
can only be between 0 and 14. If it is set to 0, users are allowed to have
blank passwords, so you should not use a value of 0. It is recommended that
you set this value to 8 characters.

Post by E-Double
is there a way to set the maximum password size for users when they are
changing their passwords ? tia...