Newbie question about Python & W2K Admin

[stuartc]

Hi all:

I need to change a few Local Security Settings on a number of W2K
machines. An example of a Security Setting I need to change is the
"Minimum password length" setting, which is under Account Policies,
Password Policy.

Instead of doing this manually on each machine, I would like to have
an automated way to do this. Can Python be used for this ?

Any direction on how to automate this using Python or some other tool
will be greatly appreciated.

- Stuart

 

[Dale Strickland-Clak]

I need to change a few Local Security Settings on a number of W2K

machines. An example of a Security Setting I need to change is the
"Minimum password length" setting, which is under Account Policies,
Password Policy.

Instead of doing this manually on each machine, I would like to have
an automated way to do this. Can Python be used for this ?

Any direction on how to automate this using Python or some other tool
will be greatly appreciated.

You can do this at domain level if these machines are all part of the same
domain.

 

[Mark Hammond]

Hi all:

I need to change a few Local Security Settings on a number of W2K
machines. An example of a Security Setting I need to change is the
"Minimum password length" setting, which is under Account Policies,
Password Policy.

Instead of doing this manually on each machine, I would like to have
an automated way to do this. Can Python be used for this ?

Any direction on how to automate this using Python or some other tool
will be greatly appreciated.

Look into the win32net module - you can change all sorts of things
there. "Python Programming on Win32" has some good examples.

Mark