Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference

Name

net accounts

Synopsis

net accounts /sync			

Force an update of the user accounts database.

net accounts options [/DOMAIN]

Modify the system or domain password policy settings. /DOMAIN says to operate on the primary domain controller rather than on the local system. (The local system is the default on Windows 2000 server systems.)

Options

/MINPWLEN:n

Set the minimum password length to n characters (the default value is 0, and the allowed range is 0-14).

/MAXPWAGE:n

Set the maximum password lifetime to n days (the default value is 42, and the allowed range is 1-49,710). The keyword UNLIMITED may be specified for n to remove any limit.

/MINPWAGE:n

Set the minimum number of days between password changes (the default value is 0, and the allowed range is 0-49,710).

/UNIQUEPW:n

Remember n previous passwords (the default value is 0, and the maximum value is 24).

/FORCELOGOFF:mins | NO

Force users to logoff mins minutes after their permitted logon times have expired; NO disables forced logoffs (this is the default).