Password Complexity Properties

The following table describes the properties for configuring password complexity for local users.

Table 2-41 Password Complexity Properties

BUI Name CLI Name Description

Minimum length

passlength

Minimum character length of the password. Must be a positive integer. Default value: 8.

Minimum number of letters

min_letters

Minimum number of alphabetic characters. Default value: 0.

Minimum number of upper case letters

min_upper

Minimum number of upper case alphabetic characters. Default value: 0.

Minimum number of lower case letters

min_lower

Minimum number of lower case alphabetic characters. Default value: 0.

Minimum number of digits

min_digit

Minimum number of numeric characters. Default value: 0.

Minimum number of punctuation characters

min_punctuation

Minimum number of punctuation characters. Note that some versions of Oracle ILOM do not support colons and spaces in the root password. Default value: 0.

Maximum number of consecutive repeating characters

max_repeats

Maximum number of consecutive repeating characters. Default value: 0.

Password must not be a circular shift of username

namecheck

Controls whether the password can be based on the username. Default value: true.

The following table describes the properties for configuring automatic account locking for local users.

Table 2-42 Automatic Account Locking Properties

BUI Name CLI Name Description

Lock after failed login attempts

lock_after_retries

Indicates if the account will be locked after the set number of failed password entry attempts. Default value: true.

Login attempts

retries

Number of failed password entry attempts before the account is locked. Default value: 5.

Unlock after

auto_unlock_time

Number of seconds/minutes/hours/days that the account remains locked after meeting the retries threshold. Default value: 5 minutes.