Setting password requirements

You can set password requirements, set password characters, allow the placement of password characters, and create and delete excluded passwords. When the system is implemented, the initial password requirement is of a minimum length. You can change the minimum length and specify additional requirements.

About this task

Your implementation might use an application server to authenticate with a directory. In that case, you do not use the system to perform some functions. These functions are performed in the directory and synchronized into the system. These functions include:

Procedure

  1. Select the Security Controls action. You use the Security Controls window to perform the following functions:
    Option Description
    To set password requirements
    1. In the Password Requirements section, in the Minimum Password Length field, set the minimum length for a user password. The default minimum password length is 6 characters.
    2. In the Number of Identical Adjacent Characters Allowed in Password field, set the number of identical adjacent characters that are allowed in a password.
    3. Select the Password can Contain Login ID check box to allow a user to use a login ID in a password.
    To set required password characters
    1. In the Required Password Characters section, set the following specifications:
      • Must Include an Uppercase Character - If you select this check box , the password must contain at least one uppercase character.
      • Must Include a Lowercase Character - If you select this check box, the password must contain at least one lowercase character.
      • Must Include a Number - If you select this check box, the password must contain at least one numeric character. Numeric characters are: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.
      • Must Include a Special Character (!, @, #, etc.) - If you select the check box, the password must contain at least one special character. Supported special characters are: ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) - _ = + \ | [ ] { } ; : / ? . > <
    To allow placement of password characters
    1. In the Allowed Placement of Password Characters field, set the following specifications:
      • First Character can be a Number - If you select this check box, the first character of a password can be a number.
      • Last Character can be a Number - If you select this check box, the last character of a password can be a numbe Numeric characters are: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.
      • First Character can be a Special Character - If you select this check box, the first character of a password can be a special character. Supported special characters are: ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) - _ = + \ | [ ] { } ; : / ? . > < .
      • Last Character can be a Special Character - If you select this check box, the last character of a password can be a special character. Supported special characters are: ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) - _ = + \ | [ ] { } ; : / ? . > < .
    To create an excluded password list
    1. In the Excluded Password List section, click New Row.
    2. In the Password field, type the password that you want to prohibit from being used on the system.
    To delete an excluded password In the Excluded Password List section, click Mark for Delete next to the excluded password that you want to delete.
  2. Click OK.
Parent topic: Working with security groups

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