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Password field definitions

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All fields are required except Password Expiration Warning Days and Retry Reset Minutes.

Failed Log On Attempts Allowed

Number of times you can attempt to log on before being locked out.

Minimum requirement: 6

Lockout Reset Minutes

Number of minutes the system must wait before it automatically unlocks a user that was previously locked out of the system for surpassing the allowed number of log on attempts.

Minimum requirement: 30

Minimum Days Between Password Change

Number of days until a user can change their password. For a value of 10, the user cannot modify their password until 9 days after it was entered.

Minimum requirement: 1

Minimum Password Length

Minimum number of characters for the password.

Minimum requirement: 7

Number of Security Questions Required

Minimum of Security Questions that a user must provide answers for in order to be validated.

Defaults to 3. Minimum requirement: 0

Password Expiration Days

Maximum number of days a password can remain valid.

Maximum requirement: 90

Password Expiration Warning Days

Number of days to display a window that warns the user of how many days until their password expires.

Optional

Remember Last N Passwords

Number of most recent passwords that are retained by the system. This is to prohibit reuse.

Minimum requirement: 4

Retry Reset Minutes

Number of minutes that must elapse between logon attempts before the system resets the number of retries to zero.

Optional