Acrobat 9 Family of Products
Getting and Using Your Digital ID
Security Feature User Guide
Changing a PKCS#12 File’s Password Timeout 21
4. Choose
Change Password
.
5. Enter the old password.
6. Enter a new password and confirm it.
7. Choose
OK
.
Figure 10 Digital ID files: Password configuration
2.3.5 Changing a PKCS#12 File’s Password Timeout
Passwords and password time-outs can only be set for PKCS#12 IDs. Since a file can contain multiple IDs,
passwords and time-outs are configured at the file level rather than for individual IDs.
Note:
If the is read only, then the
Change Password
and
Password Timeout
options are
disabled.
To change the password timeout:
1. Choose
Advanced
(Acrobat) or
Document
(Reader)
> Security Settings
.
2. Highlight
Digital ID Files
in the left-hand tree (
Figure 9
).
3. Select a file in the right-hand panel (
Figure 9
).
4. Choose
Password Timeout
.
Tip:
The password timeout feature interacts with the Login/Logout feature as described in
“Logging in to PKCS#12 Files” on page 22
.
5. Configure the Password Timeout Policy dialog by specifying when a password prompt should appear:
Always
: A password is always required each time the digital ID is used regardless of whether or not
you are logged in to a file.
After
: Choose a value from the drop-down list to set a time frame.
Once per session
: A password is asked for only once while the application is open.
Never
: The password is not usually required when using this ID and you are logged into the file.
6. Enter the password.
7. Choose
OK
.