Static Password policy defines the password length, complexity, lifetime etc, and can be edited using the following procedure:
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| title | Editing/Viewing the Static Password Policy Settings (Found in "Administration | Policies") |
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| Editing the Static Password Policy |
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| Editing the Static Password Policy |
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When editing the policy, a new window "Policy - Edit" will open that can be used to edit the policy settings;
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| The category for this policy is "Static Password" (this property cannot be edited). |
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| The holder of this policy is "System" (this property cannot be edited). |
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| The name assigned to identify the Static Password system policy by the System Administrator. |
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| The System Administrator may use this field to annotate this policy.
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| This option allows the System Administrator to enable or disable this policy. |
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| Minimum number of characters in the password.
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| title | Password Lifetime (days): |
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| How many days the password can be used before the password expires. |
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| title | Expiration Waring (days): |
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| This option determines how many days before password expiry the user will receive an expiry warning. |
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| This option is used to specify how notifications of password expiry are to be sent to the users (either by SMS or email); 
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| title | Maximum number of Passwords Kept in the History List: |
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| The password list is used to ensure that new passwords are not on the password list (the most recently used passwords).
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| title | Character Requirements: |
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| This option determines the character requirements of the password. 
From the dropdown list of options the following options may be selected; Password must include numbers - the password must include at least one digit ("0" to "9"). Password must include letters - the password must include at least one letter ("a" to "z", or "A" to "Z"). Password must include lowercase letters - the password must include at least one letter ("a" to "z"). Password must include special characters - the password must include special characters (chosen from "~!@#$%^&*()_+|\=-`{}[]:"';<>?/.,").
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| title | Maximum Pairs of Repeating Characters Allowed: |
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| Specify how many how many times a pair of characters may repeat (default = 2). e.g. "ABCAB" will be 2 repeating pairs. |
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| title | Maximum Length of Sequential Characters Allowed: |
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| Specify how many ascending or descending character will be allowed (default = 3). e.g. "ALKSDFABCFKL" is 3 ascending sequential characters. |
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| title | Password Must not include the User's Login Name |
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| borderColor | grey |
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| If this checkbox is selected the password cannot include the user's login name (default = false). |
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| title | Must not be similar to the user's login name by more than the value below: |
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| This option allows you to specify to what extent the password from includes the user's login name. |
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| This option determines if the password can be stored in the browser's cache. |
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