Policy Changes and there effects

If you change a password length requirement from 5 to 8, will this force
changes for anyone who's password is currently under 8. Or if you change the
time from of password changes from 90 days to 60 days, will this expire
passwords.

I don't believe it will force anything until they expire or they change them
themselves, but i cannot find any sort of docs on this matter.

Thanks for any help or direction.

SPidgornyMVP
Thu Nov 11 11:59:05 CST 2004

I think you're right: password complexity is enforced at time of password
input (at all other times password is securely stored and the system cannot
get the clear text password); password expiry date is stored as a user
attribute at time of password change.

Regards

S.

"Tom" wrote:

> If you change a password length requirement from 5 to 8, will this force
> changes for anyone who's password is currently under 8. Or if you change the
> time from of password changes from 90 days to 60 days, will this expire
> passwords.
>
> I don't believe it will force anything until they expire or they change them
> themselves, but i cannot find any sort of docs on this matter.
>
> Thanks for any help or direction.