Q&A profile settings allow you to define settings and requirements for user’s questions and answers. For example, you can prevent users from using the same answer for multiple questions. Questions and answers that do not comply with the policy will not be accepted.

To configure Questions and Answers policy

  1. Connect to the Administration site by typing the Administration site URL in the address bar of your Web browser. By default, the URL is http://<ComputerName>/PMAdminADLDS/.

    NOTE: When prompted to log in, provide your domain user name in a domainname\username format.

  2. On the Administration site home page, click the Q&A Policy link under the Management Policy you want to configure.
  3. On the Configure Questions and Answers Policy page, click the Q&A profile settings link.
  4. In the Q&A Profile Settings dialog box, specify the following options:
Table 29: Questions and Answers profile settings

Option

Description

Question Settings

Users must answer this number of optional questions to register

Set the required number of optional questions that a user must answer to create a Questions and Answers profile.

Users must answer this number of user-defined questions to register

Set the required number of user-defined questions that a user must specify to create a Questions and Answers profile.

Minimum length of user-defined questions

Set the minimum number of characters that user-defined questions can contain.

Answer Settings

 

Minimum length of answers

Set the minimum number of characters that users' answers can contain.

Reject the same answers for different questions

Select to prevent users from specifying same answers for different questions.

Reject answers that contain corresponding questions

Select to prevent users from specifying answers that contain corresponding questions.

Store answers using reversible encryption

Select to store users' answers using reversible encryption. If you do not select this option, answers to mandatory, optional and user-defined questions are hashed. Note, that answers to helpdesk questions are always stored using reversible encryption, even if this option is not selected.

Security Settings

 

Allow users to hide their answers

Select this check box to allow users to hide their answers on the screen, so that answer entry fields will look like a series of asterisks.

Hide users’ answers by default

Select this check box to have Password Manager display users' answers as asterisks while they are typing in their answers.

Do not require users to confirm answers if answers are hidden

Select this check box to allow users to enter their answers only once, if answers are hidden.

  1. Click Save.