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Creating a password policy

Creating a password policy

To create a password policy:
  1. Go to Password Changing > Password Policies
  2. Select Create to create a new password policy.

    The Create Password Policy window opens.

  3. Enter the following information:

    Name

    The name of the password policy.

    Minimum Length

    The minimum length of the password (default = 8).

    Maximum Length

    The maximum length of the password (default = 16).

    Password Requirements

    The requirements for the password to be successfully created. See Password Requirements.

  4. Click OK.

Password Requirements

  1. In step 2 when Creating a password policy, select Create in Password Requirements.

    The New Password Requirement window opens.

  2. Enter the following information:

    Minimum Number

    The minimum number of characters from the Character Set (default = 1).

    Character Set

    From the dropdown, select a character set or create a new character set (default = lower). See Creating a character set.

    Use the search bar to look up a character set.

    Use the pen icon next to the character set to edit it.

  3. Click OK.

    From the list, select a requirement and then select Edit to edit the requirement.

    From the list, select requirements and then select Delete to delete the requirements.

See Applying a password policy to a secret template.

Creating a password policy

To create a password policy:
  1. Go to Password Changing > Password Policies
  2. Select Create to create a new password policy.

    The Create Password Policy window opens.

  3. Enter the following information:

    Name

    The name of the password policy.

    Minimum Length

    The minimum length of the password (default = 8).

    Maximum Length

    The maximum length of the password (default = 16).

    Password Requirements

    The requirements for the password to be successfully created. See Password Requirements.

  4. Click OK.

Password Requirements

  1. In step 2 when Creating a password policy, select Create in Password Requirements.

    The New Password Requirement window opens.

  2. Enter the following information:

    Minimum Number

    The minimum number of characters from the Character Set (default = 1).

    Character Set

    From the dropdown, select a character set or create a new character set (default = lower). See Creating a character set.

    Use the search bar to look up a character set.

    Use the pen icon next to the character set to edit it.

  3. Click OK.

    From the list, select a requirement and then select Edit to edit the requirement.

    From the list, select requirements and then select Delete to delete the requirements.

See Applying a password policy to a secret template.