Password Control Maintenance

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Purpose

Define the rules for the following aspects of a password:

Use Password Control Maintenance to define rules for the following aspects of passwords:

Complexity - Define rules for unique passwords such as length, upper case, lower case, number, and special character
Change - Define the following:
- Minimum number of unique passwords before the user can use reuse a password
- The number of times that the users can change their passwords within a day
Lock - Define the number of failed attempts before locking out a password
Expiration - Define the number of days after which the users must change their passwords

For more information about resetting password on next login or changing password every x days, see User Profile Maintenance.

Button	Description
Exit	Click this button to close the Password Control Maintenance window.
Update	Click this button to update the password complexity.
OK	Click this button to accept an action. This button is only available after you click the New or Update button in the ribbon.
Cancel	Click this button to cancel an action. This button is only available after you click the New or Update button in the ribbon.

Field or Button	Description
Minimum Password Length	Enter a number to define the minimum limit for the password length.
Require Upper Case Letter	Select this check box to ensure that the users use at least one upper case letter when creating their passwords.
Require Lower Case Letter	Select this check box to ensure that the users use at least one lower case letter when creating their passwords.
Require A Number	Select this check box to ensure that the users use at least one number when creating their passwords.
Require A Special Character	Select this check box to ensure that the users use at least one special character when creating their passwords.
Password Lockout Fail Attempts	Enter a value to denote the number of times the users can enter an invalid password and fail in their attempts to log in before locking out their passwords. For example, if a user enters an invalid password X times, the user will be locked out and cannot log in.
Password Expiration Days	Enter a value to denote the number of days after which the password expires, and the user must change the password.
Minimum Unique Passwords	Enter a value to denote the number of times the users must enter new and unique passwords before they can reuse an earlier password.
Password Change Times	Enter a value to denote the number of times before the user can change his or her password soon after it was just changed within a day. For example, if this is set to 1, it means that the users can only change their passwords once in a day.