Safeguard Administrator's Manual (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

Configuration
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Configuring Password Control
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PASSWORD-MIN-QUALITY-REQUIRED can be modified only when PASSWORD-
ENCRYPT is ON.
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When PASSWORD-ENCRYPT is OFF, an attempt to alter the quality attributes
results in an error. The error messages displayed are:
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On systems running J06.11 and later J-series RVUs and H06.22 and later H-series
RVUs, when PASSWORD-ENCRYPT is OFF, an attempt to alter the quality
attributes results in an error. The error messages displayed are:
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PASSWORD-MIN-QUALITY-REQUIRED set to a value greater than 0, indicates
that the PASSWORD-UPPERCASE-REQUIRED, PASSWORD-LOWERCASE-
REQUIRED, PASSWORD-NUMERIC-REQUIRED, PASSWORD-SPECIALCHAR-
REQUIRED and PASSWORD-ALPHA-REQUIRED attributes, if enabled, meet the
password quality criteria.
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When setting PASSWORD-MIN-QUALITY-REQUIRED to a value greater than 0,
ensure that the sum of the values of the effective password quality attributes (
PASSWORD-MIN-UPPERCASE-REQ, PASSWORD-MIN-LOWERCASE-REQ,
PASSWORD-MIN-NUMERIC-REQ, PASSWORD-MIN-SPECIALCHAR-REQ or
PASSWORD-MIN-ALPHA-REQ) must not be greater than the value of the
PASSWORD-MAXIMUM-LEN attribute.
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When PASSWORD-MIN-QUALITY-REQUIRED is set to a value greater than 0,
and if PASSWORD-ENCRYPT is changed from ON to OFF, or PASSWORD-
ALGORITHM is changed from HMAC256 to DES, the PASSWORD-MIN-QUALITY-
REQUIRED attribute is reset to 0.
PASSWORD-MIN-UPPERCASE-REQ
Specifies the minimum number of uppercase characters required in a user
password when it is set or changed.
Note. On systems running J06.11 and later J-series RVUs and H06.22 and later H-series
RVUs, the PASSWORD-MIN-QUALITY-REQUIRED attribute can be modified when
PASSWORD-ENCRYPT is ON.
THIS ATTRIBUTE CANNOT BE MODIFIED UNLESS PASSWORD-ENCRYPT = ON; COMMAND
NOT EXECUTED.
THIS ATTRIBUTE CANNOT BE MODIFIED UNLESS PASSWORD-ENCRYPT = ON; COMMAND
NOT EXECUTED.
Note. On systems running J06.11 and later J-series RVUs and H06.22 and later H-series
RVUs, when PASSWORD-MIN-QUALITY-REQUIRED is set to a value greater than 0, and
if PASSWORD-ENCRYPT is changed from ON to OFF, the PASSWORD-MIN-QUALITY-
REQUIRED attribute is reset to 0.