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PwdPercentDiff Method—Sets or Retrieves the Percentage of Different Characters a New Password Must Contain

The PwdPercentDiff method sets or retrieves the percentage of characters that a new password must contain that differ from characters in the previous password. If the value is set to 100, the new password cannot contain any characters that were in the previous password (unless the parameter PwdIgnoreSeq is set to 0).

Syntax

The PwdPercentDiff method has the following format:

Netegrity::PolicyMgtPwdPolicy‑>PwdPercentDiff([pwdPctDiff])

Parameters

The PwdPercentDiff method accepts the following parameter:

pwdPctDiff (int)

(Optional) Specifies the minimum percentage setting.

Return Value

The PwdPercentDiff method returns the new or existing minimum percentage setting.