Sets account policy information for a server.
wntAcctPolSet( server-name, request, value)
(s) server-name: the UNC name of the server on which the function will execute (eg, "\\MYSERVER"), or a blank string ("") to indicate the current machine.
(i) request: specifies the information to be set (see below).
(i) value: the new value to be set for "request".
(i) 1, always.
"request" specifies the information to be set, and can be one of the following:
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Request |
Returns |
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1 |
Minimum allowable password length. |
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2 |
Maximum allowable password age, in days, or -1 if passwords never expire. |
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3 |
Minimum elapsed time, in days, between when the password was last changed and when it can be changed again. A value of 0 indicates that no delay is required between password updates. |
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4 |
Amount of time, in seconds, between the end of the valid logon time and the time when the user is forced to log off the network, or -1 if users are never forced to log off. A value of 0 indicates that users will be forced to log off immediately when the valid logon time expires. |
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5 |
Length of password history maintained (ie, the number of previous passwords stored in the password history buffer). A new password cannot match any of the passwords in the buffer. |
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6 |
Lockout duration, in minutes (ie, the amount of time that a locked account will remain locked before being automatically unlocked). |
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7 |
Maximum time, in minutes, between any two failed logon attempts for lockout to occur. |
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8 |
Number of invalid password authentications for which an account is to be marked as locked out. |
Note: This function can only be performed by members of the Administrators or Account Operators local group.
; Load Appropriate Extender AddExtender('wwwnt34i.dll',0,'wwwnt64i.dll')
info=wntAcctPolSet("\\Server\L4", 8, 3) Message("Set Number of invalid password authentications allowed","Number of password authentications is set to 3") Exit