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Learning Objectives

After reading this article, you’ll be able to:

  • Set the requiremens for the passwords of users.

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When your organization used Single Sign On (SSO) you don’t need a password to login, but you will be logged in automatically. If this is the case you can skip this article.

A password must meet the requirements set for the client environment.

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Setting

Explanation

Password expiration

Determines if/ when a password needs to be update

Days

Number of days that a password is valid

Password length

Minimum length of the password

Special characters

Minimal number of special characters. Examples are: !@#$%

Non alphabetic characters

Minimal number of non alphabetic characters. Examples are: 123!@#

Password history limit

This number is the number of recent passwords from which the new password must differ. For example, if the limit is 3, the new password must be different than the most recent 3 passwords.

Mandatory password changes can be configured by the system admin. There are three options:

  1. None: password change not mandatory. You can keep using the password you received.

  2. Once: you need to create a new password upon your first login.

  3. Periodically: a new password needs to be set the first time you login after your password has expired.

These options are complemented by the setting ‘days’ that determines how long a password is valid.

Summary

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  • You can specify when a password should be changed and what requirements apply to the password.

Exercise

  •  N/A

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