Change User Password Rules

Use this task to change the password rules that specify the length of the password, how many times it can be reused, and whether specific characters, such as a numeric value, can be used.

1. Expand the Security Manager slider and select User management > Password rules.
2. In the password rules pane, complete the following fields:

   Name	Description
   Maximum login fail attempts For administrator users and For non-administrator users fields	The value that indicates the maximum login attempts allowed before the user is locked out of the system. You can set a different value for both administrator users and non-administrator users. The default value is 5 attempts.
   Account lockout duration For administrator users (minutes) field	Enter the number of minutes that an administrator user is locked out after the maximum login fail attempts For administrator users value has been reached. The default is 15 minutes. Note: This parameter applies to Administrator users only. Non-administrator users remain locked out until their login is reset.
   Password reuse count For all users field	The value that indicates the number of counts to use to prevent the reuse of a password. The reuse count restricts the user from reusing the password entered in the last number of counts. For example, if you enter 2 here the user cannot reuse the same password used on the previous two occasions. You can change the password for this user by using the guidelines below.
   Password length for administrator users Minimum length and Maximum length fields	The values for the minimum (no less than six characters) and maximum (up to 16 characters) length of a password for a user who has administrator privileges.
   Password length for non-administrator users Minimum length and Maximum length fields	The values for the minimum (no less than six characters) and maximum (up to 16 characters) length of a password for a user who does not have administrator privileges.
   Password contains at least one of the following	Check the checkbox for each of the following rules that you want to enforce: Numeric character—Use at least one numeric character from 0 to 9 in the password. Alphabetic character—Use at least one alphabetic character from the English language alphabet in the password. Special character—You can include the following: {, |, }, ~, [, \, ], ^, _, ‘, :, ;, <, =, >, ?, !, “, #, $, %, &, `, (, ), *, +, ,, -, ., and /

3. Click Apply.