Wiki source code of Set the Password Security Policy
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| 1 | The password security policy of a [[wiki>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.user.WebHome]] constrains every password set on it, whether somebody registers, an administrator creates their account, or they change or reset their password later. To set it: | ||
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| 3 | 1. Open the "Registration" administration section, as [[Customize the Registration Page>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.user.customize-registration-page.WebHome]] describes. | ||
| 4 | 1. Set "Require a password with the given length" to the smallest number of characters a password may have.((( | ||
| 5 | {{image reference="password-length.png" size="extra" alt="The password length field, set to 10 characters"/}} | ||
| 6 | ))) | ||
| 7 | 1. Turn on the character rules to enforce: at least one lower case character, one upper case character, one number and one symbol.((( | ||
| 8 | {{image reference="password-rules.png" size="extra" alt="The four password character rules, all turned on"/}} | ||
| 9 | ))) | ||
| 10 | 1. Click "Save", at the very bottom of the section. | ||
| 11 | 1. Notice that a password breaking the policy is now refused, with one message per rule it breaks.((( | ||
| 12 | {{image reference="password-refused.png" size="large" alt="A password field refusing a short password, listing the rules it does not satisfy"/}} | ||
| 13 | ))) |
