Password Policy Settings

The Password Policy page of the System Configuration window determine password expiration and strength requirements.

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The following table describes the Password Policy settings.

System Configuration Password Policy Fields

Field or Option

Description

Passwords expire after (days)

Passwords expire after this many days.

Minimum alphabetic characters

Minimum number of a to z characters or A to Z characters in the password.

Minimum password length

Minimum number of characters in the password.

Minimum uppercase characters

Minimum number of uppercase password characters.

Minimum lowercase characters

Minimum number of lowercase password characters.

Minimum numeric characters

Minimum number of numeric password characters.

Minimum special characters

Minimum number of special characters in the set specified below.

Set of “special” characters

Which characters qualify as special characters for the above.

Note      Changes to system configuration settings do not take effect until  you log out (select Logout from Options menu) and log back into the ICPAM application.

 

See also:

System Configuration Settings