Account Policy Editor

This feature sets the password length and number of signon attempts allowed when accessing Security Manager.

1. From the Home Base, click Utilities.
2. On the Utility Manager screen, open the System Administrative folder in the treeview.
3. Select Security Manager.
4. Click the arrow to continue.
5. Click the Account Policy Editor icon.
6. Click the tabs to access the settings.
7. Select the desired settings on each tab. Click Apply after you select settings on each tab before you move to the next tab.

Standard Tab

• Minimum Password: Enter the minimum number of characters required for all passwords.
• Signon Attempts: Enter the maximum number of incorrect signon attempts allowed before the user account is disabled.

Advanced Tab

• Alphabetic Characters: Click to require all passwords to include at least one alphabetic character.
• Digits: Click to require that all passwords include at least one digit.
• Punctuation: Click to require that all passwords include at least one punctuation character.

History/Date Tab

• Minimum Password Age: Enter the number of days a password must be used before a user can change it.
• Maximum Password Age: Enter the number of days a password can be used before the system requires a user to change it.
• Password Warning: Enter the number of days before a password expires that a user will be sent an expiration warning.
• Password History: Enter a the number of previous passwords saved so that a user cannot reuse a password. (The maximum is 25 passwords.)

8. When you are finished selecting settings, click OK.