Active Directory account policies for Active Directory domains
Set up global account policies for a domain. This information is declared in the domain as default settings. For domains from the functional levels Windows Server 2008 R2 and above, it is possible to define multiple account policies. This allows individual users and groups to be subjected to stricter account policies as intended for global groups. Refer to your Active Directory documentation for more information about the concept of fine-grained password policies under Windows Server.
You can also define password policies in One Identity Manager that you can apply to the user account passwords.
NOTE: password policies, global account policy settings for the Active Directory domain, and Active Directory account policies are all taken into account when verifying user passwords.
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Entering Active Directory account policies
Account policies are loaded into the One Identity Manager database during synchronization. You have the option to edit existing account policies and add new ones.
To enter master data for an account policy
- Select the Active Directory | Account policies category.
- Select the account policy in the result list and run the Change master data task.
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Click New in the result list toolbar.
- Edit the account policy's master data.
- Save the changes.
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General master data for an Active Directory account policy
Enter the following data on the General tab.
Table 29: General master data for an account policy
Name |
Account policy name |
Domain |
Active Directory domain for which the account policy is available. |
Distinguished name |
Distinguished name of the account policy. The distinguished name is formed based on rules and is made up of the name of the account policy, the system container for password policies Password Settings Container, and the domain. |
Display name |
Display name to display in the One Identity Manager tools. |
Simple display |
Display name for systems that cannot interpret all the characters of normal display names. |
Description |
Text field for additional explanation. |
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How to define a policy
Enter the following master data on the Policies tab.
Table 30: Master data for a policy definition
Block duration [min] |
Block duration in minutes. Enter the time period the account should be locked for before it is automatically reset. |
Reset account [min] |
Duration in minutes of account reset. Enter the time period that can elapse between two invalid attempts to enter a password before a user account is locked. |
Max. errors |
Maximum number of errors. Set the number of invalid passwords. If the user has reached this number the user account is blocked. |
Max. password age |
Maximum age of the password. Enter the length of time a password can be used before it expires. |
Minimum password lifetime |
Minimum age of the password. Enter the length of time a password has to be used before the user is allowed to change it. |
Minimum password length |
Minimum length of the password. Use this option to specify that a password has to be complex. |
Password history |
Enter the number of passwords to be saved. For example, if you enter the value 5, the last 5 passwords for the user are saved. |
Ranking |
Ranking for password settings. If several account polices are assigned to a user account or a group, the account policy is used that has the lowest value. |
Complex passwords |
Specifies how complicated the password should be. Complex passwords must fulfill certain minimum prerequisites. For more information, see the documentation for implementing Windows Server. |
Save passwords with reversible encryption |
Details for encrypting passwords. By default, passwords that are saved in Active Directory are encrypted. When you use this option, passwords are saved in plain text and can be restored again. |
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