Password policy settings 3

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The Password policy settings 3 panel and the controls on the Password policy settings 3 panel are displayed based on the selection of the attributes on the Attribute selection panel. On this panel, you can do the listed tasks.

Procedure

  1. In the Minimum number of passwords before reuse (pwdInHistory) field, enter a value for the minimum number of password to be stored before reusing the old password.
  2. Select a check password syntax item from the Check password syntax (pwdCheckSyntax) list to specify whether the syntax of password should be checked or not.
    The items available in the Check password syntax (pwdCheckSyntax) list are:
    1. Do not check syntax
    2. Check syntax
    3. Check syntax (Strict)
  3. In the Minimum length (pwdMinLength) field, enter a value for the minimum length of the password to be used.
  4. In the Minimum number of alphabetic characters (passwordMinAlphaChars) field, enter a value for the minimum numbers of alphabetic characters that a password should contain.
  5. In the Minimum number of numeric and special characters (passwordMinOtherChars) field, enter a value for the minimum numbers of numeric and special characters that a password should contain.
  6. In the Maximum number of times a character can be used in password (passwordMaxRepeatedChars) field, enter a value for the maximum numbers of repeated characters that is allowed in a password.
  7. In the Maximum number of consecutive repeated characters (passwordMaxConsecutiveRepeatedChars) field, enter a value for the maximum number of consecutive repeated characters that are allowed in a password.
  8. In the Minimum number of characters different from previous password (passwordMinDiffChars) field, enter a value for the minimum numbers of characters in a new password that should be different from the previous password.