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Password Policy Dialog Fields and Controls
Name field

The name of the password policy.

Description field

Optionally, a brief description of the password policy.

The Password Policy Dialog also contains the following tabs:

General

Allows you to bind the password policy to all or part of a user directory, and enable the password policy.

Expiration

Lets you configure criteria for password expiration such as the maximum number of failed login attempts or the amount of time an account can be inactive before it is disabled.

Composition

Enables you to specify rules governing the composition of valid passwords such as minimum length and the minimum numbers that comprise a password.

Regular Expressions

Allows you to specify regular expressions that valid passwords must match or not match.

Restrictions

Allows you to set restrictions for reusing passwords, creating similar passwords, and using specific words.

Advanced

Allows you to specify the order in which password policies that apply to the same user directory or namespace should be evaluated and set password preprocessing options (for example, removing white space).

More information:

Password Policy Dialog—General Tab

Password Policy Dialog—Expiration Tab

Password Policy Dialog—Composition Tab

Password Policy Dialog—Regular Expressions Tab

Password Policy Dialog—Restrictions Tab

Password Policy Dialog—Advanced Tab