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RE: Automatically locking workstations
From: "Depp, Dennis M." <deppdm () ornl gov>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 09:33:47 -0400
Has anyone been able to get this setting to work? I created a test OU moved my computer into this ou and set the timeout for 1 minute. I used Gpupdate and the local policy MMC snapin to ensure the policy has been pushed to my PC. However, my computer does not lock me out. Dennis Depp -----Original Message----- From: Dale Smith [mailto:d.l.smith () cqu edu au] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 7:07 PM To: security-basics () securityfocus com You can do this with a group policy. COMPUTER CONFIGURATION > WINDOWS SETTINGS > SECURITY SETTINGS > LOCAL POLICIES > SECURITY OPTIONS> "AMOUNT OF IDLE TIME REQUIRED BEFORE DISCONNECTING SESSION" That should do it - it will not really do as it says, just lock the workstation. Dale -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Crape [mailto:matthew.crape () ofa on ca] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 5:39 AM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Automatically locking workstations Greetings all, Please excuse me if this question has been asked before (I didn't see it in the archives), but is there some sort of policy setting that I can enable in a Win2k AD environment which automatically locks a computer after a preset timed amount of inactivity? If failing that, does anyone have any suggestions on how to achieve something similar? Thanks. Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Automatically locking workstations Matthew Crape (Oct 08)
- Re: Automatically locking workstations Peter Wohlers (Oct 09)
- Re: Automatically locking workstations Mahaveer Saraswat (Oct 09)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Automatically locking workstations Nick Duda (Oct 08)
- RE: Automatically locking workstations Dale Smith (Oct 08)
- TCP Intercept JGrimshaw (Oct 09)
- RE: Automatically locking workstations Depp, Dennis M. (Oct 09)
- RE: Automatically locking workstations Scptt Fullman (Oct 09)