An administrator can change a
password policy to meet the
requirements of your organization for passwords. For example, you
might change a password policy to set the minimum and maximum characters
that are required for the password.
Before you begin
Depending on how your system administrator customized your system, you might not
have access to this task. To obtain access to this task or to have someone complete it for you,
contact your system administrator.
About this task
Changes to the password policy affect only new accounts.
Old accounts are not affected by these changes.
Procedure
- From the navigation tree, select .
- On the Select Password
Policies page,
type information about the password policy, service, or business unit
in the Search information field, or type an
asterisk
(*). Select a filter in the Search
by field, and click Search.
- In the Password Policies table,
locate and select a policy, and then click Change.
- On the Manage Password Policies page,
modify the information on the General, Targets,
and Rules pages.
Note: If password
synchronization is enabled, ensure that password policies do not have
any conflicts. When password synchronization is enabled, IBM Verify Identity Governance combines
policies for all accounts that are owned by the user to determine
the password to be used. If conflicts between password policies occur,
the password might not be set.
- Click OK to save the changes.
- On the Success page, click Close.