User guide

B: Accounts and Passwords
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• Passwords cannot be BEST keywords (e.g. MULTIMEDIA, PROKUPETS,
PROKUPET, BEST, BASIS, PASSWORD)
• Although not required, your password should contain numbers, letters, and
symbols. Spaces are also acceptable. (e.g. august 18, 1967)
• B.A.S.I.S. passwords are not case-sensitive.
• Database passwords conform to the rules of the specific database being used;
passwords in SQL Server and Oracle are case insensitive.
• The maximum value for a strong password is 127 characters. The minimum
value is 1.
Notes: For Oracle databases the following account usernames and passwords are
not allowed to be used together:
System and Manager
Internal and Oracle
Sys and Change_On_Install
Enable/Disable Strong Password Enforcement
Strong password enforcement is enabled/disabled in System Administration or
ID CredentialCenter. When you install B.A.S.I.S., by default strong password
enforcement is enabled. When you upgrade, by default strong password
enforcement is disabled. To manually enable or disable strong password
enforcement:
1. Select System Options from the Administration menu.
2. Select the General System Options tab.
3. Click [Modify].
4. Select or deselect the Enforce strong passwords checkbox.
Note: If you disable the option to enforce strong passwords, you will continue to
receive a message stating your password is weak every time you log into an
application until you change your B.A.S.I.S. password to meet the password
standards.
Change the Database Password
In addition to user accounts and passwords, your B.A.S.I.S. system has a
database password. During installation, this password is set to MULTIMEDIA.
When you log on, the application checks your database program (SQL Server,
Oracle, or SQL Server Desktop Engine) for this password before allowing you to
use the database. This is done “behind the scenes.”