ChkLock: NT Password Policy Auditor


Berbee is pleased to release ChkLock, a command-line password policy auditing tool for Windows NT and Windows 2000. ChkLock requires no special security permissions in order to run, and does not attempt any password-guessing: it is an information-gathering utility only.

ChkLock is a Win32 console program designed to retrieve and display the password policy of Windows NT and Windows 2000 workstations and servers. It uses standard API calls to retrieve the following data:

Because ChkLock uses the standard Windows networking functions, it is able to retrieve this information from remote machines, as well as the local password policy.

The following additional information is available:

Many people helped in the development of ChkLock. Matt Jach came up with the idea, and he also helped in testing, along with Chris Gerg, Tom Callaci, and David Klann. David Klann and Ken Bywaters offered advice about publishing the utility. Jenny DeNicolo made sure the documentation was intelligible. Joe Mondloch made the web site possible, with support from Berbee's Marketing and AMG departments. Thanks, everyone!


This page is maintained by Peyton Engel.
Last updated 13 October 2000