Change Password Policy

You can customize the password policy applied to new users created in the service or when resetting passwords.

This is only applicable for WebLogic Embedded LDAP mode, and for Oracle customer managed.

1. Connect to the Essbase service instance using Secure Shell (SSH) client software.
2. Switch to the Oracle user using the following:

   sudo su - oracle

3. Edit the policy file, in the Essbase service instance, as follows:

   vi /u01/data/domains/esscs/config/fmwconfig/essconfig/essbase/essbase-password-validation-rules.xml

   The following is the current default policy file:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <essbase-password-validation-rules>
   <cannot-contain-spaces>true</cannot-contain-spaces>
   <cannot-contain-username>true</cannot-contain-username>
   <maximum-password-length>20</maximum-password-length>
   <minimum-alphabetic-chars>0</minimum-alphabetic-chars>
   <minimum-password-length>8</minimum-password-length>
   <minimum-lowercase-chars>0</minimum-lowercase-chars>
   <minimum-numeric-chars>0</minimum-numeric-chars>
   <minimum-special-chars>0</minimum-special-chars>
   <minimum-uppercase-chars>0</minimum-uppercase-chars>
   </essbase-password-validation-rules>

4. Exit from the editor using the following:

   :wq

   If you modify the policy file, it is dynamically updated, and you do not need to restart the service.