To help prevent unauthorized access, you can ensure that users change their passwords and PIN codes regularly.
You can ensure that users do not re-use passwords. The IDOL Community component can store a list of used passwords, and prevent users from re-using a stored password.
Community can also ensure that users keep passwords for a minimum duration. This option prevents users from immediately changing their password several times to return to a previous password.
NOTE: You can use the UserReadUserListDetails
action to check the time remaining (in seconds) until password expiration for a user. If the password has expired, -1
is displayed.
To configure password and PIN code time restrictions
Open the IDOL Community component configuration file in a text editor.
Find the [User]
section, or create one if it does not exist.
Set the PasswordChangeDuration
parameter to the time interval after which users must change their password. For example:
PasswordChangeDuration=60days
Set the PincodeChangeDuration
parameter to the time interval after which users must change their PIN code. For example:
PincodeChangeDuration=60days
Set the MaxNumPasswordPerUser
parameter to the number of passwords that you want to store in Community. Users cannot change their passwords to any of the stored passwords. For example:
MaxNumPasswordPerUser=5
Set the KeepPasswordDuration
parameter to the length of time that users must keep a password before they are allowed to change it again. For example:
KeepPasswordDuration=5days
Save and close the configuration file.
Restart the IDOL Community component for your changes to take effect.
Notify your users of your password and PIN policies.
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