The Policy Rules Tab
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Minimum Unique Characters
The minimum number of nonrepeating characters that a password must contain.
For example, if you enter 1 in the Minimum Unique Characters field, a password is accepted if at least one character in the
password is not repeated. For example, 1a23321 would be a valid password because the character a in the password is not repeated
although the remaining characters are repeated.
This field accepts values from 0 to 999. Minimum Alphabet
Characters The minimum number of letters that a password must contain.
For example, if you enter 2 in the Minimum Alphabet Characters field, the password is not accepted if it has less than two letters.
This field accepts values from 0 to 999. Special Characters:
Minimum The minimum number of non-alphanumeric characters for
example, , , or that a password must contain.
For example, if you enter 1 in the Special Characters: Minimum field, a password must have at least one non-alphanumeric
character. This field accepts values from 0 to 999.
Special Characters: Maximum
The maximum number of non-alphanumeric characters that a password can contain.
For example, if you enter 3 in the Special Characters: Maximum field, a password is not accepted if it contains more than three
non-alphanumeric characters. This field accepts values from 1 to 999.
Minimum Uppercase Characters
The minimum number of uppercase letters that a password must contain.
For example, if you enter 8 in the Uppercase Characters: Minimum field, a password is not accepted if it contains less than eight
uppercase letters. This field accepts values from 0 to 999.
Minimum Lowercase Characters
The minimum number of lowercase letters that a password must contain.
For example, if you enter 8 in the Minimum Lowercase Characters field, a password is not accepted if it has less than eight lowercase
letters. This field accepts values from 0 to 999.
Unicode Characters: Minimum
The minimum number of Unicode characters that a password must contain.
For example, if you enter 3 in the Unicode Characters: Minimum field, the password is not accepted if it has less than three Unicode
characters. This field accepts values from 0 to 999.
Unicode Characters: Maximum
The maximum number of Unicode characters that a password can contain.
For example, if you enter 8 in the Unicode Characters: Maximum field, a password is not accepted if it has more than eight Unicode
characters. This field accepts values from 1 to 999.
Table 14–2 Cont. Fields of the Policy Rules Tab for Setting Custom Password Policy
Field Name Description
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Characters Required The characters that a password must contain.
For example, if you enter x in the Characters Required field, 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, then the password is not accepted unless it contains
comma.
Characters Not Allowed
The characters that a password must not contain.
For example, if you enter an exclamation point in the Characters Not Allowed
field, a password is not accepted if it contains an exclamation point.
Characters Allowed The characters that a password can contain.
For example, if you enter the percent sign in the Characters Allowed
field, a password is accepted if it contains a percent sign, given that all other criteria are met.
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, an error message is returned when you create the password policy.
Substrings Not Allowed
A series of consecutive alphanumeric characters that a password must not contain.
For example, if you enter IBM in the Substrings Not Allowed field, a password is not accepted if it contains the letters I, B, and
M, in successive order. Start With Alphabet
Whether or not the password must begin with a letter. For example, if you select this option, then the password
123welcome is not accepted because the password does not begin with a letter. However, if you do not select this option, then the
password can begin with a letter, numeric digit, or special character.
Disallow User ID This check box specifies if the user ID will be accepted as the whole
password or as part of the password. When this check box is selected, a password will not be valid if the
user ID is entered in the Password field. In addition, the password is not valid if the user ID occurs as a part of the password specified
in the Password field.
If you deselect this check box, the password will be accepted, even if it contains the user ID.
Table 14–2 Cont. Fields of the Policy Rules Tab for Setting Custom Password Policy
Field Name Description
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You can attach a process form with one of the Password fields to a resource. A password entered for a resource is validated against the password policy associated
with that resource.