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title: "Password field definitions"
slug: "password-field-definitions"
updated: 2026-08-11T11:23:13Z
published: 2026-08-11T11:23:13Z
canonical: "help.idibilling.com/password-field-definitions"
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# Password field definitions

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 |