Neoview User Management and Security Administration Guide (R2.5)

Table 2-3 Password Quality and Control Policies (continued)
CommentRange
Initial
Value
Policy Name
(HPDM)
Input Parameter
Name (NCI)Display Name (NCI)
Default password expiration date, if no
other date is specified when the user is
created.
April
24,
2007 to
Dec 31,
2999
NoneExpiry DateexpdatePwdDefaultExprDate
Default number of days before a
password expires after being reset, if no
other number of days is specified when
the user is created.
0 to 3650Expires
Every...Days
expdaysPwdDefaultExprDays
Number of times a platform user can
fail to log on before having to wait to
retry
0 to 6030Max Login
Attempts
fbdelayPwdAuthFailsBeforeDelay
Number of seconds the user has to wait
before retrying after exceeding the
configured number of logon attempts
0 to
86400
1Logon Failed
Delay (secs)
fdinsecsPwdAuthFailDelayInSecs
Viewing Password Quality and Control Policy Settings
The Security Manager can use the Password tab of the HPDM Policies dialog to view the current
password quality and control policy settings. He or she can use the NCI INFO POLICY command
to view the settings of all security policies in a single text display.
For the syntax of the INFO POLICY command, see “INFO POLICY Command” (page 50)
For additional information about using the HPDM Policies dialog to view policy settings, see
the HPDM Online Help.
Changing Password Quality and Control Policy Settings
The Security Manager can use the Password tab of the HPDM Policies dialog to modify any of
the current password quality and control policy settings. He or she can also use the NCI ALTER
POLICY command as described in this manual, but HPDM presents a clearer and more convenient
interface for this task.
Changes in policy take effect within five minutes.
Changes affect only passwords defined after the change. All existing passwords remain valid,
even if they do not comply with the new criteria.
NOTE: If you change password quality rules, it makes sense to notify locally authenticated
users so that, when they next change their own passwords, they can choose passwords that
comply with the new criteria.
For the syntax of the ALTER POLICY command, see “ALTER POLICY Command” (page 51) .
For additional information about using the HPDM Policies dialog to change policy settings, see
the HPDM Online Help.
Viewing and Updating the User Management and Authentication Logging Policies
The user management and authentication policies determine what information is logged for later
exposure through the views described in “User Management Views” (page 120), and how long
the information in those views is maintained. HPDM provides access to these views through the
Security tab, as described in the HPDM Online Help.
These policies apply to locally and remotely authenticated users.
46 Post-installation Security Setup Tasks