General password requirements

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

Via the module settings, it is possible to specify and edit the password requirements for the users:

The following settings are available:

Setting	Explanation
Password expiration	Determines if/ when a password needs to be update. This can be set to: None (this is also the default if empty) Once (the user will be forced to update the password when login in the first time) Periodically (The user will be forced to update the password every x days, based on the next field)
Days	Number of days that a password is valid if a password is set to expire periodically
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.