How to Create a New Policy

An example of the corresponding command-line equivalent follows this procedure.

1. If neccessary, start the SEAM Tool.

   See "How to Start the SEAM Tool" for details.

2. Click the Policies tab.

3. Click New.

   The Policy Details panel is displayed.

4. Specify a name for the policy in the Policy Name field.

   The policy name is mandatory.

5. Specify values for the policy's attributes.

   Choose Context-Sensitive Help from the Help menu to get information about the various attributes in each window. Or, go to Table 5-7 for all the policy attribute descriptions.

6. Click Save to save the policy, or click Done.

Example--Creating a New Policy

The following example shows creating a new policy called build11. So far, the Minimum Password Classes has been changed to 3.

Example--Creating a New Policy (Command Line)

The following example uses the add_policy command of kadmin to create the build11 policy that requires at least 3 character classes in a password.

$ kadmin
kadmin: add_policy -minclasses 3 build11
kadmin: quit