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Defining a password policy

MainView Middleware Monitor supports a subset of the draft RFC Password Policy for LDAP Directories standard. 

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BMC recommends that you use Active Directory to implement more complex password security policies as per your organization's password policy requirements.

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password policy is defined through configuration options in the [App_Service] section of the services.cfg configuration file. See App_Service for details of the password policy options available (the relevant keywords start with "pwd_"). Changes to the configuration options require that the

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Application Service is restarted before the changed password policy is applied. The SA and Service users are excluded from the password policy. The

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password policy is not enforced when Active Directory Delegate Mode security is used. In that configuration the password policy defined in Active Directory is used.

 

 

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MainView Middleware Monitor 9.2