Notes 8.5.3
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Notes 8.5.3
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Passwords prevent others from using your User ID. When your administrator creates your User ID, he or she decides whether it needs a password, and what type of password is required. Once you access IBM® Lotus Notes® for the first time, you should change your password to something that you can remember but is hard for others to guess.
Your administrator can also set an expiration date for your password, forcing you to change your password periodically. If your password expires before you change it, you can still login to Lotus Notes using your old password, but you cannot access any servers. You can only access local databases. You must change your password to regain server access.
If you are using a Smartcard to log in to Lotus Notes, you do not need to use a password. Instead, you use the Personal Identification Number (PIN) for your Smartcard.
Passwords can consist of any combination of keyboard characters. They are case-sensitive and are accepted according to either the quality of protection they can give or to the character length of the password. Your administrator determines whether password requirements are based on quality or length. The "Change Password" dialog box states whether you must create a password according to a required length or required quality level.
For password length, your password must have the number of characters shown in the "Change Password" dialog box.
For password quality, the higher the number shown in the "Change Password" dialog box, the stronger quality your password must be (0 is the lowest, 16 is the highest). The stronger the quality, the harder it is for others to guess your password.
When creating a password, you should use lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and punctuation marks to increase the quality of your password. If you enter a low-quality password, such as words found in the dictionary, common names, or repeating characters, Lotus Notes may reject your password and ask you to enter a new one.