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Password Complexity xmis1 12-08-2005
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?eG1pczE=?= on December 8, 2005, 12:32 pm
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Hello,

We just enabled strong password/complexity policy in our windows 2003
domain. I have a question regarding UpperCase/lowercase words, here is a
scenario.

A user's password was Password2. When he was prompted to change the password
he used passWord2 (notice the diffrence in P and W between the old and new
password) as a new password but the system would not accespt it eventhough
it's a different password from his old one. Any ideas how we can make the
system recognize upper and lower case?

Thanks

Posted by Notan on December 8, 2005, 2:24 pm
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xmis1 wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> We just enabled strong password/complexity policy in our windows 2003
> domain. I have a question regarding UpperCase/lowercase words, here is a
> scenario.
>
> A user's password was Password2. When he was prompted to change the password
> he used passWord2 (notice the diffrence in P and W between the old and new
> password) as a new password but the system would not accespt it eventhough
> it's a different password from his old one. Any ideas how we can make the
> system recognize upper and lower case?

It's not that the system doesn't recognize upper and lower cases,
it's that they're essentially the same password.

Try changing it, *completely,* then try "passWord2."

Notan

Posted by Steven L Umbach on December 8, 2005, 5:15 pm
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Password complexity requires that passwords be at least six characters in
length and it could even be more depending on the minimum password length
setting as show in the command net accounts on a domain controller. ---
Steve



> Hello,
>
> We just enabled strong password/complexity policy in our windows 2003
> domain. I have a question regarding UpperCase/lowercase words, here is a
> scenario.
>
> A user's password was Password2. When he was prompted to change the
> password
> he used passWord2 (notice the diffrence in P and W between the old and new
> password) as a new password but the system would not accespt it eventhough
> it's a different password from his old one. Any ideas how we can make the
> system recognize upper and lower case?
>
> Thanks



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