Change password requirements for user accounts

This article describes how to change password requirements for user accounts.

In this article, you will learn how to:

• Change password requirements for user accounts.

At the end, you will be able to change password requirements for user accounts.

Change password requirements for user accounts

1. Open Windows PowerShell as administrator and enter the following command to open the Web UI configuration file with the default text editor:

    "C:\Program Files\Lucent Sky\CLEAR Engine\SkyAnalyzer.Engine.exe.config" | Invoke-Item
   

2. Locate the AspNetSqlMembershipProvider element in the system.web\membership section.

3. Modify the attributes of the AspNetSqlMembershipProvider element to change password requirements:

   • minRequiredPasswordLength: the minimum length of password. Default is 8.
   • minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters: the number of non-alphanumeric characters (symbols) required in password. Default is 0.
   • maxInvalidPasswordAttempts: the number of failed sign-in attempts before the account is locked. Default is 5.
   • passwordAttemptWindow: the duration (in minutes) of account lock due to failed sign-in attempts. Default is 30.

4. In Windows PowerShell, enter the following command to restart CLEAR Engine:

     Stop-Service "CLEAR Engine"; Start-Service "CLEAR Engine"
   

5. For Lucent Sky AVM cluster, repeat the steps above on each node of the cluster.