The Length Based Password Validator is used to determine whether a proposed password is acceptable based on whether the number of characters it contains falls within an acceptable range of values.
Both upper and lower bounds may be defined.
The Length Based Password Validator component inherits from the Password Validator
This page describes the Length Based Password Validator:
A description of each property follows.
| Basic Properties: | Advanced Properties: |
|---|---|
| ↓ enabled | ↓ java-class |
| ↓ max-password-length | |
| ↓ min-password-length |
| Description | Indicates whether the password validator is enabled for use. |
| Default Value | None |
| Allowed Values | true false |
| Multi-valued | No |
| Required | Yes |
| Admin Action Required | None |
| Advanced Property | No |
| Read-only | No |
| Description | Specifies the maximum number of characters that can be included in a proposed password. A value of zero indicates that there will be no upper bound enforced. If both minimum and maximum lengths are defined, then the minimum length must be less than or equal to the maximum length. |
| Default Value | 0 |
| Allowed Values | An integer value. Lower value is 0. Upper value is 2147483647 . |
| Multi-valued | No |
| Required | No |
| Admin Action Required | None |
| Advanced Property | No |
| Read-only | No |
| Description | Specifies the minimum number of characters that must be included in a proposed password. A value of zero indicates that there will be no lower bound enforced. If both minimum and maximum lengths are defined, then the minimum length must be less than or equal to the maximum length. |
| Default Value | 6 |
| Allowed Values | An integer value. Lower value is 0. Upper value is 2147483647 . |
| Multi-valued | No |
| Required | No |
| Admin Action Required | None |
| Advanced Property | No |
| Read-only | No |
| Description | Specifies the fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the password validator implementation. |
| Default Value | org.opends.server.extensions.LengthBasedPasswordValidator |
| Allowed Values | A java class that implements or extends the class(es) : org.opends.server.api.PasswordValidator |
| Multi-valued | No |
| Required | Yes |
| Admin Action Required | The Length Based Password Validator must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to this setting to take effect |
| Advanced Property | Yes |
| Read-only | No |
Each configuration property can be mapped to a specific LDAP attribute under the "cn=config" entry. The mappings that follow are provided for information only. In general, you should avoid changing the server configuration by manipulating the LDAP attributes directly.
| Base DN | cn=Password Validators,cn=config |
| objectclass name | ds-cfg-length-based-password-validator |
| objectclass superior | ds-cfg-password-validator |
| Property | LDAP attribute |
| enabled | ds-cfg-enabled |
| java-class | ds-cfg-java-class |
| max-password-length | ds-cfg-max-password-length |
| min-password-length | ds-cfg-min-password-length |