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Password Policies

A policy is a set of rules that defines behavior.

You can use CA Directory to set up password policies to manage your user accounts. A password policy applies to the userPassword attribute, which contains the password that users enter when binding to a DSA using simple authentication.

Only one password policy can be active within a DSA.

The password policy settings control the following areas:

You can define password policies in the directory and in an application. However, we recommend that you do not set up a password policy within CA Directory if another application also handles password policies.


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