RE: password system values

If you had a local program that most/all
people use to change pwd, then you could
impose length and other restrictions as
expiration dates come due.

Maybe that kind of program can be found
for little/no cost.

That allows a "phase-in" and system
values can be updated as time passes.


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dale janus
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 6:53 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: password system values

We have very old password system values. I would like to gradually
change them. Ideally I would like to avoid forcing everyone to change their passwords on the same day.


If I increase mimimum password length in the system value, what happens
to those who's length is too short? Will their password be invalid?
Will they have to change it immediately?

Same thing with expiration interval. We don't have any expiration dates
so some passwords are probably years old. I plan on changing it in the
user profile so that I stagger everyone over a few months. Then after
90 days or so, I change the system value and then go back and change all
the user profiles from a number of days to system value.


I did not see a system value that would require a number or special
character to be part of the password. Just limits on what cannot be part
of the password.

If I have to implement all the changes at once, so be it. I was just
trying make it a little easier on my users.

Thanks

---Dale