Setting Password Validation Options - Cisco Servers User Manual

Chapter 8 Establishing Cisco Secure ACS System Configuration
Note

Setting Password Validation Options

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
78-13751-01, Version 3.0
Password validation options apply only to user passwords stored in the
CiscoSecure user database. They do not apply to passwords in user records
kept in external user databases nor do they apply to enable or admin passwords
for Cisco IOS network devices.
The password validation options are listed below:
• Password length between X and Y characters—Enforces that password
lengths be between the values specified in the X and Y boxes, inclusive.
Cisco Secure ACS supports passwords up to 32 characters in length.
Password may not contain the username—Requires that a user password
•
does not contain the username anywhere within it.
Password is different from the previous value—Requires a user's new
•
password to be different from the previous password.
Password must be alphanumeric—Requires a user password to contain
•
both letters and numbers.
To configure password validation options, follow these steps:
In the navigation bar, click System Configuration.
Click Password Validation.
Result: The Password Validation Options page appears.
In Password length between X and Y characters, type the minimum valid number
of characters for a password in the X box.
In Password length between X and Y characters, type the maximum valid number
of characters for a password in the Y box.
To disallow passwords that contain the username, select the Password may not
contain the username check box.
To require that a user's password must be different than the user's previous
password, select the Password is different from the previous value check box.
Cisco Secure ACS 3.0 for Windows 2000/NT Servers User Guide
Password Validation
8-5