PerkinElmer Wallac 1420, User Manual

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Appendix 4: Enhanced security special functions
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Password Control
This tab allows the Wallac 1420 administrator to set the following password related
settings.
Maximum password age defines the maximum number of days that users can retain the
same password before they must change it. By default the password expires after 42 days.
The minimum is 1 day and the maximum is 999 days. The “Maximum password age”
cannot be set less than or equal to the “Minimum password age”. If it is not necessary for
users to change their password, select “Password never expires”.
Minimum password age defines the number of days that users must retain the same
password before being allowed to change it. The default is to “Allow changes after 1 day”.
This prevents users from changing their password several times in a short space of time in
order to return to a previous password. To allow users to be able to change their password
immediately, select “Allow changes immediately”. The “Minimum password age” cannot be