Configure the password policy

Perform this task to configure the password complexity and password validity period. The password policy takes effect on all operators. The password policy defines the minimum length, complexity requirement, and validity period of the passwords.

Restrictions and guidelines

Modifications to the password policy immediately take effect on operators going to register on UIS Manager and take effect on registered operators after their passwords expire.

Procedure

  1. On the top navigation bar, click System, and then select Security Management > Password Policy from the navigation pane.

  1. Configure the password policy parameters as described in "Parameters."

  1. Click Save.

Parameters

Table-1 Special Characters (Half Width)

Character

Name

Character

Name

~

Tilde

`

Apostrophe

!

Exclamation point

@

At sign

#

Pound sign

$

Dollar sign

%

Percent sign

^

Caret

&

Ampersand sign

*

Asterisk

()

Parentheses

=

Equal sign

+

Plus sign

|

Vertical bar

-

Hyphen

_

Underscore

[]

Brackets

;

Semicolon

:

Colon

/

Slash

\

Backslash

<> 

Angle brackets

,

Comma

 

Space

.

Dot

?

Question mark