When the Password Profiles tab on the Profiles page is selected, a View Password Profile Components link is available. This link displays information on the currently configured password profile components in use by Safeguard for Privileged Passwords.
To open the View Password Profile Components link on the Profiles page:
- web client: Navigate to Asset Management > Profiles > Password Profiles and click the View Password Profile Components link.
The View Password Profile Components view contains the following tabs:
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Check Password: This tab provides information on the currently configured check password schedules. You can use the Refresh button to update the listed schedules.
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Change Password: This tab provides information on the currently configured change password schedules. You can use the Refresh button to update the listed schedules.
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Account Password Rules: This tab provides information on the currently configured account password rules. You can use the Refresh button to update the listed rules.
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Password Sync Groups: This tab provides information on the currently configured password sync groups. From this tab the following options are available:
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Add: Add a new password sync group.
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Delete: Remove the selected password sync group.
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View Details: View additional information for the selected password sync group.
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Enable-Disable: Use these buttons to either enable or disable the password sync group.
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Change Sync Group Password:
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Refresh: Update the listed password sync groups.
Use the controls and tabbed pages on the Profiles page to perform the following tasks to manage password profiles:
It is the responsibility of the Asset Administrator to add partitions to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords.
To add a password profile
- Navigate to Asset Management > Profiles > Password Profiles.
- Click New Profile from the toolbar.
- In the General dialog, enter the following information:
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Name: Enter a unique name for the profile. Limit: 50 characters.
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Description: (Optional) Enter information about this profile. Limit: 255 characters.
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On the Check Password tab, select a previously defined check password setting from the drop-down menu or click Add to add a new check password setting. These are the rules used to verify account passwords. For more information, see Adding check password settings.
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On the Change Password tab, select a previously defined change password setting from the drop-down menu or click Add to add a new change password setting. These are the rules used to reset account passwords. For more information, see Adding change password settings.
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On the Account Password Rule tab, select a previously defined account password rule or click Add to add a new account password rule. An account password rule is a complexity rule that governs the construction of the new password created by Safeguard for Privileged Passwords during an automatic password change. For more information, see Adding an account password rule.
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Click OK to save the password profile.
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When creating a new profile, the Password Sync Groups tab is not available. This tab is displayed while editing a profile. You can use the Password Sync Groups tab to add or update a password sync group governed by the profile change schedule. For more information, see Password sync groups.
Use Password Profiles to define the profile configuration settings, including account password rules and password check and change schedules, which can then be used in profile definitions.
Navigate to Asset Management > Profiles > Password Profiles.
Table 155: Profile settings
Account Password Rules |
Where you define the complexity rules used by Safeguard for Privileged Passwords when constructing new passwords during an automatic account password change |
Change Password |
Where you define the rules Safeguard for Privileged Passwords uses to reset account passwords |
Check Password |
Where you define the rules Safeguard for Privileged Passwords uses to verify account passwords |
Password sync groups |
Where you define the password sync groups and associated accounts so Safeguard for Privileged Passwords can synchronize passwords across accounts |