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How to setup a shorter password expiration policy for a certain group of users.

We have a group of users (actually 2) that need to have shorter password expiration than the rest of our normal users. How do you set something like this up?

Example:

1. All domain users passwords expire every 30 days
2. Need to maintain the above policy and have a policy for a certain group of users that forces a change every 15 days.
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Set up a new Group Policy, and add only the users/computers the user uses that you want the policy to apply to.

Edit the policy, then go to:

Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Password Policy

And define the maximum password age for them there.
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You can't IMHO for domain accounts.  It is a domain wide, if you want different password policies you need multiple domains or third party tools:

http://www.specopssoft.com/products/specopspasswordpolicy/Default.asp

Steve
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Adam, I guess thats where im confused Im not sure how to setup a another group policy for a domain.....I was hoping there was a way other than dragon (thanks for the link!) had provided that I just wasnt aware of...
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Just open your Group Policy MMC, Right-Click on the Domain, and Create and Link a GPO.

Make sure your GPO takes precedence in the inheritance chain for the users.  

Dragon,

F  ???
Oops, that wasn;t the start  of something dodgy, was trying to say:

For domain accounts they use the policy assigned to the domain controllers and there can only be one.  Setting policies for computers if anythign will set their local account policies for local accounts.
Dragon,

You sure about that?  Not saying you are incorrect, but I vaguely recall having done this before and having it work properly.  Perhaps I'm suffering from a case of bad memory.  Will run a test here in a bit and see.

You are correct, Dragon.

Please disregard my previous comments, Amenoss, they are in error.
Yes, you aren't logging into your own machine local a/c, you are logging 'into' a DC so it is the DC's account policy that takes.
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Dragon thanks for the clarification and the link...
No problem, it's a pain but its how it is!