Configuring Password Complexity

An administrative user with sufficient privileges can set password complexity rules for all local users. Subsequently, when local users set or change their passwords, they are constrained by these complexity rules; existing passwords are not affected.

To configure password complexity for local users, see the following sections:

For information about user configuration, including roles, authorizations, and exceptions, see Configuring Users.

Automatic Account Locking

The automatic account locking feature, by default, locks a local user's account for five minutes after five failed password entries. This feature is available for local administrative or data users, but not for directory-based accounts or directory roles. Also, this feature cannot be used to manually lock or unlock an account. However, a locked account can be unlocked before the automatic unlock time expires by resetting the password.

Configure or disable this feature when setting password complexity properties.