Chapter 4. Hub Administration Tasks; Managing Password Policy - IBM E02HRLL-G - WebSphere Partner Gateway Express Administration Manual

Chapter 4. Hub administration tasks

This chapter describes the tasks that only a hub administrator can perform. These
tasks are:
v "Managing password policy"
v "Changing database connectivity, database user and password" on page 20
v "Managing event codes" on page 20
v "Managing receivers" on page 22
v "Managing interactions and document definitions" on page 23
v "Managing XML formats" on page 24
v "Enabling or disabling actions" on page 25
v "Managing handlers" on page 25
v "Managing maps" on page 27
v "Managing EDI" on page 28
v "Configuring the alert mail server" on page 33
v "Viewing system activity" on page 33
v "Managing event delivery" on page 34
v "Managing API calls" on page 34
v "Supporting ebMS" on page 36
v "Configuration details for validating Webservices" on page 38
v "Using non-repudiation logging" on page 39
v "Using message store" on page 39
v "Prerequisite to setup WebSphere Partner Gateway - WebSphere Transformation

Managing password policy

You can set up a password policy for the hub community, if you want to use
values other than those set (by the system) as defaults. The password policy
applies to all users who log in to the Community Console.
You can change the following elements of the password policy:
v Minimum Length, which represents the minimum number of characters the
v Expire Time, which represents the number of days until the password expires.
v Uniqueness, which specifies the number of passwords to be held in a history
v Special Characters, when selected, indicates that passwords has to contain at
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partner has to use for the password. The default is 8 characters.
The default is 30 days.
file. A partner cannot use an old password if it exists in the history file. The
default is 10 passwords.
least three of the following types of special characters:
– Uppercase characters
– Lowercase characters
– Numeric characters
– Special characters
This setting enables stricter security requirements when passwords are
composed of English characters (ASCII). The default setting is off. It is
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