3.17 Edit Password Policy
Use this page to modify a password policy.
Element | Description |
---|---|
Policy Name |
Displays the name of the password policy. |
Description |
Enter the description of the password policy. |
Apply |
Click Apply to modify the password policy. |
Revert |
Click Revert to close without saving the changes made to this page. |
Policy Rules
Element | Description |
---|---|
Minimum Length |
Enter the minimum number of characters that a password must contain for the password to be valid. |
Minimum Password Age (Days) |
Enter the minimum duration in days for which users can use a password. |
Warn After (Days) |
Enter the number of days that must pass before a user is notified that the user's password will expire on a designated date. |
Disallow Past Passwords |
Enter the frequency at which old passwords can be reused. This policy ensures that users do not change back and forth among a set of common passwords. |
Expires After (Days) |
Enter the maximum duration in days for which users can use a password. |
Complex Password
Element | Description |
---|---|
Complex Password |
Select Complex Password to evaluate password against the complex password criteria. If you select the Complex Password option, then you cannot use the Custom Policy option setup. |
Custom Policy
Element | Description |
---|---|
Custom Policy |
Select Custom Policy to set a custom password policy by using the fields listed in Custom Policy section. |
Maximum Length |
Enter the maximum number of characters that a password can contain. |
Maximum Repeated Characters |
Enter the maximum number of times a character can be repeated in a password. |
Minimum Numeric Characters |
Enter the minimum number of digits that a password must contain. |
Minimum Alphanumeric Characters |
Enter the minimum number of letters or digits that a password must contain. |
Minimum Unique Characters |
Enter the minimum number of non-repeating characters that a password must contain. |
Minimum Alphabet Characters |
Enter the minimum number of letters that a password must contain. |
Minimum Uppercase Characters |
Enter the minimum number of uppercase letters that a password must contain. |
Minimum Lowercase Characters |
Enter the minimum number of lowercase letters that a password must contain. |
Special Characters: Min |
Enter the minimum number of special characters that a password must contain. |
Special Characters: Max |
Enter the maximum number of special characters that a password can contain. |
Unicode Characters:Min |
Enter the minimum number of Unicode characters that a password must contain. |
Unicode Characters:Max |
Enter the maximum number of Unicode characters that a password can contain. |
Password File |
Enter the path and name of a file that contains predefined terms, which are not allowed as passwords. The file must be stored on the same host on which Oracle Identity Manager is deployed. |
File Delimiter |
Enter the delimiter character used to separate terms in the password. |
Characters Required |
Enter the characters that a password must contain. For example, if you enter x in the Characters Required field, then a password is accepted only if it contains the character x. The character you specify in the Characters Required field must be mentioned in the Characters Allowed field. If you enter a character in the Characters Required field that is not mentioned in the Characters Allowed field, then an error is displayed stating that the required characters must be in the list of allowed characters, and required characters must not be in the list of not allowed characters. In addition, if you specify more than one character, then do not provide delimiters. Commas and white spaces are also considered as characters in this field. For example, if you specify characters such as a,x,c, and then the password is not accepted unless it contains comma. |
Characters Allowed |
Enter the characters that a password can contain. Note: If any character is used in the password and that character is not in the Characters Allowed field, then the password will be rejected. For example, if the Characters Allowed field has "abc" and the password is "dad", then the password is rejected because "d" is not in the Characters Allowed field. If you specify the same character in the Characters Allowed and Characters Not Allowed fields, then an error message is returned when you modify the password policy. |
Characters Not Allowed |
Enter the characters that a password must not contain. |
Substrings Not Allowed |
Enter the series of consecutive alphanumeric characters that a password must not contain. For example, if you enter oracle in the Substrings Not Allowed field, then a password is not accepted if it contains the letters o, r, a, c, l, and e, in successive order. |
Maximum Incorrect Login attempts counter |
Enter the maximum number of incorrect login attempt is allowed for a user. |
Permanent Lockout |
Select if the user has to be permanently lockout for exceeding maximum incorrect login attempt. |
Lock Duration |
Enter the duration (in minutes) for which the user is locked for exceeding maximum incorrect login attempt. |
Start with Alphabet |
Select if the password has to begin with a letter. |
Disallow First Name |
Select if the user's first name will be accepted as the whole password or as part of the password. |
Disallow User ID |
Select if the user ID will be accepted as the whole password or as part of the password. |
Disallow Last Name |
Select if the user's last name will be accepted as the whole password or as part of the password. |
Challenge Options
Element | Description |
---|---|
Enable Challenge Policy Support |
Select to enable configuration of challenge questions through password policy. |
Allowed Challenges |
Select the set of challenge question that has to be shown to the user. The options are: User Defined, Admin Defined, or User or Admin Defined. |
Total Questions To Be Collected |
Enter the total number of challenge questions a user needs to provide at login. |
Minimum Correct Answers When Challenged |
Enter the minimum number of correct answers the user needs to provide when he is asked the challenge questions. |
Allow Duplicate Responses |
Select if duplicate responses are allowed or not. |
Minimum Answer Length |
Enter the minimum length of answer for the challenge questions. |
Lock User After Attempts |
Enter the number of attempts before the user is locked if he provided wrong answers to the challenge questions. |
View |
Choose commands from the View menu to control how the columns are displayed:
|
Add |
When Allowed Challenges is set to Admin Defined, User, or Admin Defined, challenge questions have to be added. Click Add to add challenge questions. |
Questions |
Enter challenge questions. |
Delete |
Click Delete to delete the selected challenge question. |