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Password policies 6

3.Configure the password expiration by completing the following steps.

a.Enter the maximum number of days that can elapse before a password must be changed by the user in the Password Age field.

Valid values are 0 through 999. The default is 0, which means the policy is disabled.

b.Enter the number of days to warn the user prior to password expiration in the Warning Period field.

Only enabled when the Password Age value is greater than zero. Valid values are 0 through 998. The default is 0. The Warning Period value must be less than the Password Age value.

4.Enter the number of unique passwords you must use before you can reuse a password in the History Count field.

Valid values are 1 through 24. The default is 1. When you update the History Count value, the current password history is not cleared.

5.Configure the password format by completing the following steps.

a.Select the Empty Password - Allow check box to allow user accounts to be created or edited with empty passwords or to allow passwords with any format.

Empty Password is enabled by default.

b.Enter the minimum password length in the Minimum Length field.

Only enabled when the Empty Password - Allow check box is clear. Valid values are 4 through 127. The default is 8.

c.Enter the minimum number of uppercase characters required in the Upper Case Characters field.

Only enabled when the Empty Password - Allow check box is clear. Valid values are 0 through 127. The default is 0.

d.Enter the minimum number of lowercase characters required in the Lower Case Characters field.

Only enabled when the Empty Password - Allow check box is clear. Valid values are 0 through 127. The default is 0.

e.Enter the minimum number of digits required in the Number of Digits field.

Only enabled when the Empty Password - Allow check box is clear. Valid values are 0 through 127. The default is 0.

f.Enter the minimum number of punctuation characters required in the Punctuation Required field.

Only enabled when the Empty Password - Allow check box is clear. Valid values are 0 through 127. The default is 0.

g.Enter the maximum number that the same character can repeat without a different intervening character in the Maximum Repeat field.

Only enabled when the Empty Password - Allow check box is clear. Valid values are 0 through 127. The default is 2.

h.Enter the maximum number of sequence characters from the ASCII collating series or keyboard sequences in the Maximum Sequence field.

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