Password Requirements

An RL6 administrator creates and assigns a security policy to users that determines how the password should be formatted. The table below provides the default password format, but keep in mind that your security policy will most likely be different:

Table 1-2: Password Requirements

Attribute

Default

Description

Complexity

Yes

The password must meet the requirements of the attributes described below.

Restricted Words

Yes

The password must not contain a part of your ID, last name, or any word defined by an administrator.

Length

5

The minimum number of characters the password must contain.

Upper Case

Yes

The password must contain at least one upper case letter.

Lower Case

Yes

The password must contain at least one lower case letter.

Numbers

Yes

The password must contain at least one number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 0).

Non-letters

Yes

The password must contain at least one special character. Supported characters are !, @, #, $,^, &, *, _ (underscore), - (hyphen), +, =, ], [, >, <, :, ;, ~ (tilde), ) and (.