LKBEN11609: How to check the windows password policy from the command line?


Symptom

You need to check the setting for the passwords.

Cause

You changed the settings for your UEM clients but need to know if the systems received it.

Solution

An easy way to check the password policy is to use the command line and type:

net accounts

The result on a german system should look like:

Abmelden erzwingen nach:                                  Nie
Minimales Kennwortalter (Tage):                           1
Maximales Kennwortalter (Tage):                           2
Minimale Kennwortlänge:                                   8
Länge der Kennwortchronik:                                5
Sperrschwelle:                                            16
Sperrdauer (Minuten):                                     30
Sperrüberprüfungsfenster (Minuten):                       30
Rolle des Computers:                                      WORKSTATION
Der Befehl wurde erfolgreich ausgeführt.

Have fun.

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About the Author

Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG

Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.

Latest update: 25-11-2022