Local user password expire policy on Windows Server 2016.

_{Friday, April 26, 2019 2:32 PM}

Hi everyone!

  I am running a Windows Server 2016 on core mode and I created a local user some time ago, for a share resource on it. Some days ago an user reported that he couldn't access the share resource. After I reset the password to the local user, he could access it again. Based on that, my question is: Is there any local security policy that expires the local user password? If so, how can I disable it on Server 2016?

Hope I was clear enough.

Doria

_{Monday, April 29, 2019 3:18 AM ✅Answered}

Hi,

If you want to set the local user account password to be never expired on Windows Server 2016 on core mode,

you can use Command Prompt:

Type wmic UserAccount where Name='username' set PasswordExpires=False, and press Enter key. Replace the username with your user name. When it shows "Property(s) update successful", the user’s password expiration is disabled.

False = Disabled

True = Enabled

If you want to disable password expiration for all user accounts at once, type wmic UserAccount set PasswordExpires=False, and press the Enter key.

If you want to set password policy for AD users through GPO, for more details, you can refer to the following link:

/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/security-policy-settings/maximum-password-age

Best Regards,

Fan

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_{Friday, April 26, 2019 4:25 PM}

Hi Doria,

When you create a user, for example with NET USER, it will by default have a password expiration.

So here's how you can create a user and set the password expiration to never:

NET USER "Username" /Add /Active:Yes

WMIC USERACCOUNT WHERE "Name='Username' SET PasswordExpires=False

Example:

To view the password policies, you can type the following:

NET ACCOUNTS

This is the default values for Windows Server 2016 Core:

Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Leon

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_{Tuesday, April 30, 2019 9:58 AM}

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_{Monday, May 6, 2019 1:11 AM}

Thanks, it solved my issue. :-)

Thanks again!

Doria

_{Monday, May 6, 2019 2:13 AM}

Hi,

I am pleased to know that the information is helpful to you.

If there is anything else we can do for you, please feel free to post in the forum.

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Fan

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