Managing The User Login Process - Polycom RMX 1500 Administrator's Manual

Managing the User Login Process

• The user is marked as disabled but is not deleted from the system
administrator/operator database.
• The user remains disabled until re-enabled by an administrator.
• If a disabled user attempts to Login, an error message, Account is
disabled, is displayed.
• The last remaining administrator cannot be disabled.
For more information see "Disabling a User" on page 13-5.
Implementing Strong Passwords
Strong Passwords can be implemented for logging into the RMX
management applications. They can be implemented when the system is
in standard security mode or when in Ultra Secure Mode.
The FORCE_STRONG_PASSWORD_POLICY System Flag, which
enables or disables all password related flags cannot be set to NO and all
Strong Passwords rules are automatically enabled and cannot be disabled
when the JITC_MODE System Flag is set to YES.
If an administrator modifies any of the Strong Passwords flag settings, all
users are forced to perform the password change procedure, ensuring that
all user passwords conform to the modified Strong Passwords settings.
Administrators can change passwords for users and other administrators.
When changing passwords for him/herself, other administrators or other
users, the administrator is required to enter his/her own administrator's
password.
Strong Passwords rules are enforced according to the settings of the various
Strong Passwords flags as described in Table 19-4, "JITC_MODE Flag Value
– Effect on System Flags," on page 19-38. Default settings of these flag
change according to the system security mode.
Password Character Composition
• A Strong Password must contain at least two of all of the following
character types:
— Upper case letters
— Lower case letters
— Numbers
— Special characters: @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ - = + | } { : " \ ] [ ; / ?
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