How to Create a New Policy

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

1. If necessary, 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 for information about the various attributes in this window. Or, go to Table 10–5 for all the policy attribute descriptions.

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

Example—Creating a New Policy

In the following example, a new policy called build11 is created. The Minimum Password Classes is set to 3.

Example—Creating a New Policy (Command Line)

In the following example, the add_policy command of kadmin is used to create the build11 policy. This policy requires at least 3 character classes in a password.

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