Password Policies

Password policies are sets of security decisions that you make and apply to different user accounts according to security policies in your company. These choices include such items as the number of days a password is valid and the maximum and minimum length of a password.

You can use password policies to streamline your security operations when adding new users. Instead of adding having individual policies for each individual user, you can create one password policy and apply it to all users that require the same access.

After you create a password policy, you can apply it only to internal user accounts. This provides you the greatest flexibility in maintaining your security policies. If you are using LDAP, you cannot apply password policies to your external accounts.

The default values for the password policy are:

Password policies tasks include: