For each of the domain password policies, you can configure a set of policy rules that define what passwords to reject or accept in the domain to which a particular policy is applied.
For each password policy, you can set up the following rules:
When you use Forgot My Password or Manage My Passwords workflow to set or reset the password, you can view the compliance of the password with the configured password policy. You can expand a policy and view the rules set for the policy. When you enter a new password, you can instantly get the feedback about the compliance of the password with the defined rules. A green tick mark against the rules in a policy indicates that the password is in compliance with the rule, and help you to set a compliant password.
You can also view the strength of the password using the Password strength meter, which get displayed as a progress bar when you enter a new password in the New password text box. The Password strength meter assess the strength of the password by verifying the password with the configured password policy rules and the basic requirements (one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one numeric value, one special character and minimum of seven characters) for a password. This will help to improve the security of the password. You can enable or disable this feature and configure the Password strength status. For more information, see Customization of Password Strength Meter.
The following is a general procedure for configuring the password policy rules.
To configure rules for a password policy
For information about how to configure each of the policy rules, see the sections below.
The password age rule ensures that users cannot use expired passwords or change their passwords too frequently.
Specify Minimum password age so that passwords cannot be changed until they are more than a certain number of days old. If a minimum password age is defined, users must wait the specified number of days to change their passwords.
Specify Maximum password age so that passwords expire as often as necessary for your environment.
To configure the password age rule
The length rule ensures that passwords contain the required number of characters.
Define a minimum length so that passwords must consist of at least a specified number of characters. Long passwords - seven or more characters - are usually stronger than short ones. With this setting, users cannot use blank passwords, and they have to create passwords that are a certain number of characters long.
To configure the length rule
Option |
Description |
Minimum characters |
Set the minimum number of characters that a password must contain. |
Set the maximum number of characters allowed in a password. |
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