Setting password validation properties

Use this information to set password validation properties.

  1. Expand the Manage security properties category in the navigation area of the Web administration tool, then select the Password validation tab.
    Note: If password policy is not enabled on the server, the functions on this panel do not take effect.
  2. Set the number of passwords that must be used before a password can be reused.
    Enter a number from 0 to 30. If you enter zero, a password can be reused without restriction.
  3. From the drop-down menu, select whether the password is checked for the syntax defined in the following entry fields.
    You can select:
    Do not check syntax
    No syntax checking is performed.
    Check syntax (except encrypted)
    The syntax checking is performed on all unencrypted passwords.
    Check syntax
    The syntax checking is performed on all passwords.
  4. Specify a number value to set the minimum length of the password.
    If the value is set to zero, no syntax checking is performed.
    • Specify a number value to set the minimum number of alphabetic characters required for the password.
    • Specify a number value to set the minimum number of numeric and special characters required for the password.
      Note: The sum of the minimum number of alphabetic, numeric, and special characters must be equal to or less than the number specified as the minimum length of the password.
  5. Specify the maximum number of characters that can be repeated in the password.
    This option limits the number of times a specific character can appear in the password. If the value is set to zero, the number of repeated characters is not checked.
  6. Specify the minimum number of characters that must be different from the previous password and the number of previous passwords specified in the Minimum number of passwords before reuse field.
    If the value is set to zero, the number of different characters is not checked.
  7. When you are finished, click Apply to save your changes without exiting, or click OK to apply your changes and exit, or click Cancel to exit this panel without making any changes.