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User Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server
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Chapter 8 System Configuration: Basic
Local Password Management
Configuring Local Password Management
To configure password validation options, follow these steps:
Step 1 In the navigation bar, click System Configuration.
Step 2 Click Local Password Management.
The Local Password Management page appears.
Step 3 Under Password Validation Options, follow these steps:
a. In Password length between X and Y characters, type the minimum valid
number of characters for a password in the X box. While the X box accepts
two characters, passwords can only be between 1 and 32 characters in length.
b. In Password length between X and Y characters, type the maximum valid
number of characters for a password in the Y box. While the X box accepts
two characters, passwords can only be between 1 and 32 characters in length.
c. If you want to disallow passwords that contain the username, select the
Password may not contain the username check box.
d. If you want to require that a user password must be different than the previous
user password, select the Password is different from the previous value
check box.
e. If you want to require that passwords must contain both letters and numbers,
select the Password must be alphanumeric check box.
Step 4 Under Remote Change Password, follow these steps:
a. If you want to enable user password changes in Telnet sessions, clear the
Disable TELNET Change Password against this ACS and return the
following message to the users telnet session check box.
b. If you want to disable user password changes in Telnet sessions, select the
Disable TELNET Change Password against this ACS and return the
following message to the users telnet session check box.
c. In the box below the Disable TELNET Change Password against this ACS
and return the following message to the users telnet session check box,
type a message that users should see when attempting to change a password
in a Telnet session and when the Telnet password change feature has been
disabled (Step b).