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User Passwords

Security is important for every AE system and user passwords are part of this complex area.

The longer and more complex they are structured, the less likely they will be decoded. The criteria to be adhered to when specifying a passwordA secret combination of characters for a Automation Engine user. are defined in the variable UC_CLIENT_SETTINGS.

Criteria

Setting

Maximum length

PWD_LENGTH_MAX

Minimum length

PWD_LENGTH_MIN

Numbers

PWD_CONTAINS_NUMBER

Lower case letters

PWD_CONTAINS_LOWER_CASE

Upper case letters

PWD_CONTAINS_UPPER_CASE

Special characters

PWD_CONTAINS_SPECIAL_CHARACTER

Forbid user nameName of the Automation Engine user.

PWD_FORBID_LOGIN

Password history

PWD_GENERATION

Interval in which passwords must be changed

PWD_AGE_MAX

Number of login attempts

PWD_ATTEMPTS_MAX

Default password for new users defined without a password PWD_DEFAULT

Special characters are characters other than A-Z, a-z and 0-9.

Special characters do not count as upper-case letters. For example, "Äa8eq9v1z3" is not a valid password entry for a password that must contain upper-case characters.

Password criteria apply to AE users but not to logins via the LDAP connection.

 

See also:

UC_CLIENT_SETTINGS
Encoding Passwords

Password Exit