Setting Password and Lockout Preferences

This task is a step in Process of Completing the Remote System Preferences Form.

You set system preferences on the Remote System Preferences form. You begin by setting password and lockout preferences.

To set password and lockout preferences

1. Navigate to the Administration - Siebel Remote screen, and then the Remote System Preferences view.

2. Optional. Enable the user password to expire:

   1. Make sure the Enable Mobile Password Expiration check box contains a check mark.

   2. In the Expiration Period field, specify the number of days that each user can continue to use the same password.

      The Expiration Period applies only if the Enable Mobile Password Expiration check box contains a check mark.

   3. In the Warning Period field, specify the number of days to display a warning to the user before the user password expires.

      The user receives a warning before the password expires. The value you enter in the Warning Period field determines the lead time between the warning and the expiration. If the user modifies a password, then the expiration period starts again. The warning period applies only if the Enable Mobile Password Expiration check box contains a check mark.

   To allow the user to use the password indefinitely, do not place a check mark in the Enable Mobile Password Expiration check box.

3. Optional. Configure the Siebel Server to validate the password format:

   1. Make sure the Enable Mobile Password Syntax Check check box contains a check mark.

   2. In the Minimum Number of Characters field, specify the minimum number of characters that the password must contain for each user account that resides on the remote client.

      The Minimum Number of Characters field applies only if the Enable Mobile Password Syntax Check check box contains a check mark.

   3. In the Password Content field, specify the type of characters that the password must include. Use a value from the following table.

      Value	Description
      Alphanumeric	The password must contain at least one alphabetic character and one numeric character.
      Alphanumeric Special Character	The password must contain at least one alphabetic character, one numeric character, and one valid special character. The Description column for the Special Characters value in this table lists these characters.
      None	Siebel CRM does not require that this password include any character types.
      Special Characters	The password must contain at least one special character. For more information, see Setting Password and Lockout Preferences.

      The Password Content field applies only if the Enable Mobile Password Syntax Check check box contains a check mark.

4. Optional. Set a limit for login attempts.

   1. Make sure the Enable Mobile Web Client Lockout check box contains a check mark.

   2. In the Failed Login Attempts field, specify the number of consecutive unsuccessful user login attempts that Siebel CRM counts.

      If the count reaches the value you specify, then the remote client prevents the user from logging in for the number of days that you specify in the Lockout Period field. The Failed Login Attempts field applies only if the Enable Mobile Web Client Lockout check box contains a check mark.

   3. In the Lockout Period field, specify the number of days that the user cannot log in after the user exceeds the value that you specify in the Failed Login Attempts field.

      The Lockout Period field applies only if the Enable Mobile Web Client Lockout check box contains a check mark.

List of Special Characters

The following items are special characters relevant to the Password Content field:

• * (asterisk)

• @ (at sign)

• ^ (caret)

• : (colon)

• , (comma)

• - (dash)

• $ (dollar sign)

• = (equal sign)

• ! (exclamation point)

• > (greater than symbol)

• ( (left parenthesis)

• < (less than symbol)

• # (number sign)

• % (percent sign)

• . (period)

• + (plus sign)

• ) (right parenthesis)

• ? (question mark)

• _ (underscore)