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ECS 3.5.0.1 Administration Guide

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Password Rules

You can use the ECS Portal to set password rules.

Prerequisites

This operation requires the System Administrator role in ECS.

About this task

NOTE The Password Rules take effect only when the Password Rules Switch is Enabled. The Password Rules Switch is Disabled by default.
Table 1. Password rules
Field Description
Password Rules Switch The Password Rules Switch controls the compliance checks for the rules on this page.
  • Enabled: All rules apply when creating/updating passwords
  • Disabled: No rules apply when creating/updating passwords
Minimum number of characters The minimum number of characters that are required for a password must be greater than or equal to 8, and not to exceed 256.
Minimum number of upper case characters The minimum number of upper case characters that are required for a password must be greater than or equal to 1.
Minimum number of lower case characters The minimum number of lower case characters that are required for a password must be greater than or equal to 1.
Minimum number of numeric characters The minimum number of numeric characters that are required for a password must be greater than or equal to 1.
Minimum number of special characters The minimum number of special characters that are required for a password must be greater than or equal to 1.
Minimum character change The minimum number of characters that must change from previous password must be greater than or equal to 3.
Password expiration(days) The maximum lifetime of a password until it expires must be greater than or equal to 1.
Max login attempts The maximum number of attempts to log in with invalid password before the user is locked.
  • Must be greater than or equal to 3.
  • System admin can unlock users through the management user interface.
If a user is locked due to password expiration or failed login attempts, System Administrator can unlock the user. Go to Manage> Users> Management Users> Unlock Action.
Max lock day If the password is not changed, the number of days to lock a user must be greater than or equal to 1.
Min Password duration(hours) The minimum lifetime for a password. Must be greater than or equal to 1.
Passwords repeat The minimum number of previous passwords that cannot be reused. Must be greater than or equal to 1.
NOTE When a user is locked out due to password expiration or failed login attempts, System Administrator can unlock the user from Manage>Users>Management Users Unlock Action.

Steps

  1. In the ECS Portal, select Settings > Security > Password Rules.
  2. Enter the values for all the fields in the Password Rules page.
  3. Click Save.

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