User Documentation

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➢ To ensure the security of the user accounts, a password policy can be set for the whole account
➢ In the password policy the settings for minimum amount of:
➢ Characters (Password Length)
➢ Symbols
➢ Uppercase characters
➢ Lowercase Characters
➢ Number Characters
Can be set. The minimum is set to 8 at password length and 0 for all other requirements
➢ The new requirements will come into effect when a user changes his password and for all new created users
➢ To have a permanently renew of passwords, a password Change Cycle can be set. The value can be between 0 and 999 days, in which 0 disables the change
cycle.
➢ After expiration of the password, the users will be forced at the next login
to change their password.
➢ The last used password will not be allowed to be the new one.
➢ To force the new established policy to all users directly, use a Change Cycle
of 1 day and afterwards set the Change Cycle to the desired amount of days
7.3 Password Policy
Chapter 7 – Standard-Version Functions
V1.5.1 / Oct, 2020