Password Aging & Account Lockout in ACS 4.2

I have a requirement that in ACS the user accounts should get disabled after 1 day , so in the group setting under the Password Aging Field I configured the same as 1 day , the Grace & Warning Period is 0 days
I want that all these user accounts would be active for 30 days , and the moment the account is used (i.e the Start Message appears in the Radius Accounting ) then after 1 day from the usage then as per the Password Aging Rule the account should get expired.
Now my query is this password aging rule will start from the day I create the account in the ACS or from the day the user logs in.
I don’t want to use the Account Lockout Tab as I don’t know when the guest account would be used.
Request someone to help pls clarify my doubt.
Regards

Hi Yusuf,
Password Aging on ACS will just prompt to change the password. it will not disable the account.
The Account is present on the AD. So the Disabling and lockout features for an account will come from the AD.
I don't think a change in password for a guest account is what you would want to do.
Also according to me disabling the account should be a feature only for the AD admin and not open. A lockout can definately happen but that also has to be defined on the AD.
The link to password Aging on ACS is as follows:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_server_for_windows/4.2/user/guide/GrpMgt.html#wp525115
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Anisha
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MSN Messenger and Microsoft Outlook:
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773155.aspx
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