Group Plicy domain member: Maximum machine account age

What does this defination mean?
If the policy set:domain member: Maximum machine account age :30 days, does
it mean the workstations and servers in a domain will drop off domain and it
needs to re-join the domain again every 30days?

How does it work for this policy enabled?

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:22:01 -0800, ginger wrote:

> What does this defination mean?
> If the policy set:domain member: Maximum machine account age :30 days, does
> it mean the workstations and servers in a domain will drop off domain and it
> needs to re-join the domain again every 30days?
>
> How does it work for this policy enabled?

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=Maximum+mac...Amicrosoft.com

Read the first result.

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Paul Adare
MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager
http://www.identit.ca

Hello ginger,

No, that doesn't mean it. It is just as said the machine password have also
to renew and the default time is fine. No need to change it. It is used to
establish a secure channel to the DC where the password is used for.

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Meinolf Weber
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> What does this defination mean?
> If the policy set:domain member: Maximum machine account age :30 days,
> does
> it mean the workstations and servers in a domain will drop off domain
> and it
> needs to re-join the domain again every 30days?
> How does it work for this policy enabled?
>

This is a default to reset the password autometically to establish a secure
channel to the domain controler after specified days.


"ginger" <> wrote in message
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> What does this defination mean?
> If the policy set:domain member: Maximum machine account age :30 days,
> does
> it mean the workstations and servers in a domain will drop off domain and
> it
> needs to re-join the domain again every 30days?
>
> How does it work for this policy enabled?