Password Policy Attributes; Password Change After Reset - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.1 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

• The password minimum length policy is activated. If the new value of userPassword is less than
the required minimum length, the server returns a constraintViolation error. The password update
operation fails.
• The password syntax checking policy is activated. If the new value of userPassword is the same
as another attribute of the entry, the server returns a constraintViolation error. The password update
operation fails.

8.6.2. Password Policy Attributes

The following sections describe the attributes to create a password policy for the server:
Section 8.6.2.1, "Password Change after Reset"
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Section 8.6.2.2, "User-Defined Passwords"
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Section 8.6.2.3, "Password Expiration"
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Section 8.6.2.4, "Expiration Warning"
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Section 8.6.2.5, "Grace Login Limit"
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Section 8.6.2.6, "Password Syntax Checking"
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Section 8.6.2.7, "Password Length"
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Section 8.6.2.8, "Password Minimum Age"
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Section 8.6.2.9, "Password History"
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Section 8.6.2.10, "Password Storage Schemes"
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Refer to the Red Hat Directory Server Administrator's Guide for instructions on how to set these
attributes.

8.6.2.1. Password Change after Reset

The Directory Server password policy can specify whether users must change their passwords after
the first login or after the password has been reset by the administrator.
The default passwords set by the administrator typically follow a company convention, such as the
user's initials, user ID, or the company name. If this convention is discovered, it is usually the first
value that a cracker uses in an attempt to break into the system. It is therefore recommended that
users be required to change their password after it has been reset by an administrator. If this option is
configured for the password policy, users are required to change their password even if user-defined
passwords are disabled.
If users are not required or allowed change their own passwords, administrator-assigned passwords
should not follow any obvious convention and should be difficult to discover.
The default configuration does not require that users change their password after it has been reset.
Section 8.6.2.2, "User-Defined Passwords"
Refer to for more information.
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