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Configuring the Password Policy
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Attribute Name Definition
Shorter passwords are easier to crack.
Passwords can be two (2) to 512 characters
long. Generally, a length of eight characters is
long enough to be difficult to crack but short
enough for users to remember without writing it
down. This attribute is set to
8
by default.
passwordMaxRepeats This attribute set the maximum number of times
that the same character can be used in row, such
as
aaaaa
. Setting the attribute to
0
means that
there is no limit on how many time a character
can be repeated. This attribute is set to
0
by
default.
passwordMinAlphas This attribute sets the minimum number
of alphabetic chracters that must be used
in the password. This setting does not
set any requirements for the letter case;
requirements for the minimum number of
lowercase and uppercase letters are set in the
passwordMinLower
and
passwordMinUpper
attributes, respectively. By default, this attribute
is set to
0
, meaning there is no required
minimum.
passwordMinDigits This attribute sets the minimum number of
numeric characters (0 through 9) which must be
used in the password. By default, this attribute is
set to
0
, meaning there is no required minimum.
passwordMinSpecials This attribute sets the minimum number of
special ASCII characters, such as
!@#$.
, which
must be used in the password. By default, this
attribute is set to
0
, meaning there is no required
minimum.
passwordMinLowers This attribute sets the minimum number of lower
case alphabetic characters, a to z, which must be
used in the password. By default, this attribute is
set to
0
, meaning there is no required minimum.
passwordMinCategories This attribute sets the minimum number of
categories which must be used in the password.
There are eight categories available:
Uppercase letters (A to Z)
Lowercase letters (a to z)
Numbers (0 through 9)
Special ASCII characters, such as
$
ASCII alphabetic characters, regardless of case
(a to z and A to Z)
8-bit characters
Repeated characters, such as
aaaaaa
This attribute is set to
3
by default.