Adding a password profile
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.
Password Profiles
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 149: 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 |
Check Password
Check password settings are the rules Safeguard for Privileged Passwords uses to verify account passwords.
Navigate to Asset Management > Profiles > View Password Profile Components > Check Password.
The Check Password pane displays the following about the listed check password setting rules.
Table 150: Check Password: Properties
Name |
The name of the check password rule. |
Partition |
The partition that uses the rule. |
Description |
Information about the rule. |
Schedule |
Displays the selected rule's schedule. |
Use these toolbar buttons to manage the check password setting rules.
Adding check password settings
It is the responsibility of the Asset Administrator or the partition's delegated administrator to define the rules Safeguard for Privileged Passwords uses to verify account passwords.
Navigate to Asset Management > Profiles > View Password Profile Components > Check Password.
To add a password validation schedule
- Click Add to open the Check Password Settings dialog.
- Enter a Name of up to 50 characters for the rule.
- Enter a Description of up to 255 characters for the rule.
- Select the partition using the browse button.
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Optionally, complete either of these settings:
- Open the Schedule tab and choose an interval.
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In the Schedule dialog, select Run Every to run the job along per the run details you enter. (If you deselect Run Every, the schedule details are lost.)
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Configure the following.
To specify the frequency without start and end times, select from the following controls. If you want to specify start and end times, go to the Use Time Window selection in this section.
Enter a frequency for Run Every. Then, select a time frame:
- Minutes: The job runs per the frequency of minutes you specify. For example, Every 30 Minutes runs the job every half hour over a 24-hour period. It is recommended you do not use the frequency of minutes except in unusual situations, such as testing.
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Hours: The job runs per the minute setting you specify. For example, if it is 9 a.m. and you want to run the job every two hours at 15 minutes past the hour starting at 9:15 a.m., select Runs Every 2 Hours @ 15 minutes after the hour.
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Days: The job runs on the frequency of days and the time you enter.
For example, Every 2 Days Starting @ 11:59:00 PM runs the job every other evening just before midnight.
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Weeks The job runs per the frequency of weeks at the time and on the days you specify.
For example, Every 2 Weeks Starting @ 5:00:00 AM and Repeat on these days with MON, WED, FRI selected runs the job every other week at 5 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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Months: The job runs on the frequency of months at the time and on the day you specify.
For example, If you select Every 2 Months Starting @ 1:00:00 AM along with First Saturday of the month, the job will run at 1 a.m. on the first Saturday of every other month.
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Select Use Time Windows if you want to enter the Start and End time. You can click Add or Remove to control multiple time restrictions. Each time window must be at least one minute apart and not overlap.
For example, for a job to run every ten minutes every day from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., enter these values:
Enter Every 10 Minutes and Use Time Windows:
If you have selected Days, Weeks, or Months, you will be able to select the number of times for the job to Repeat in the time window you enter.
For a job to run two times every other day at 10:30 am between the hours of 4 a.m. and 8 p.m., enter these values:
For days, enter Every 2 Days and set the Use Time Windows as Start 4:00:00 AM and End 8:00:00 PM and Repeat 2.
- (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time is the default time zone. Select a new time zone, if desired.
If the scheduler is unable to complete a task within the scheduled interval, when it finishes execution of the task, it is rescheduled for the next immediate interval.