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Note that when run on an NSX Manager, the responding server is reported as 127.0.0.1 instead of the configured name server.

Note, disabling config may consume higher disk space and can cause disk outage.

Note, disabling config may consume higher disk space and can cause disk outage.

Note, disabling config may consume higher disk space and can cause disk outage.

• Minimum password length: minimum number of characters expected in password; user can not set their password of length lesser than this parameter. Default: 12, Minimum: 8, Maximum: 128


• Maximum password length: maximum number of characters allowed in password; user can not set their password of length greater than this parameter. Default: 128, Minimum: 8, Maximum: 128


• Lower characters: number of lower case characters (a..z) expected in user password.

  N < 0, to set minimum credit for having lower case character in the new password, i.e. this is the minimum number of lower case character that must be met for a new password.

  N > 0, to set maximum credit for having lower case character in the new password, i.e. per occurrence of lower case character in password will attribute additional credit of +1 towards meeting the current minimum password length value upto N lower case characters.

  N = 0, to disable the policy check.

  Default: -1, Minimum: -128, Maximum: 128


• Upper characters: number of upper case characters (A..Z) expected in user password.

  N < 0, to set minimum credit for having upper case character in the new password, i.e. this is the minimum number of lower case characters that must be met for a new password.

  N > 0, to set maximum credit for having upper case characters in the new password, i.e. per occurrence of upper case character in password will attribute additional credit of +1 towards meeting the current minimum password length value upto N upper case characters.

  N = 0, to disable the policy check.

  Default: -1, Minimum: -128, Maximum: 128


• Numeric characters: number of digits (0..9) expected in user password.

  N < 0, to set minimum credit for having digits in the new password, i.e. this is the minimum number of digits that must be met for a new password.

  N > 0, to set maximum credit for having digits in the new password, i.e. per occurrence of digit in password will attribute additional credit of +1 towards meeting the current minimum password length value upto N digits.

  N = 0, to disable the policy check.

  Default: -1, Minimum: -128, Maximum: 128


• Special characters: number of special characters (!@#$&*..) expected in user password.

  N < 0, to set minimum credit for having special characters in the new password, i.e. this is the minimum number of special characters that must be met for a new password.

  N > 0, to set maximum credit for having special characters in the new password, i.e. per occurrence of special case character in password will attribute additional credit of +1 towards meeting the current minimum password length value upto N special case characters..

  N = 0, to disable the policy check.

  Default: -1, Minimum: -128, Maximum: 128


• Minimum unique characters: number of character changes in the new password that differentiate it from the old password. To disable the check, value should be set to 0. Default: 0, Minimum: 0, Maximum: 128


• Allowed similar consecutives: reject passwords which contain more than N same consecutive characters. To disable the check, value should be set to 0. Default: 0, Minimum: 0, Maximum: 128


• Allowed monotonic sequence: reject passwords which contain more than N monotonic character sequences. Monotonic sequences can be '12345' or 'fedcb'. To disable the check, value should be set to 0. Default: 0, Minimum: 0, Maximum: 128


• Hash algorithm: sets hash/cryptographic algorithm type for new passwords. Default: sha512. Enum: [ sha512, sha256 ]


• Password remembrance: limit using a password that was used in past; users can not set the same password within the N generations. To disable the check, value should be set to 0. Default: 0, Minimum: 0

• Minimum password length: 12
• Lower case characters: -1
• Upper case characters: 2
• Digits: -1
• Special case characters: -1

Few valid passwords with respect to configured example complexity requirements:

• hivmware@123 - consists of required minimum 1 - lower case character, special case character, digit and overall length is 12
• Hivmware@12 - consists of required minimum 1 - lower case character, special case character, digit; whereas length is 11 but inclusion of 1 upper case character attributes an extra +1 credit, hence password is valid
• HiVmware@1 - consists of required minimum 1 - lower case character, special case character, digit; whereas length is 10 but inclusion of 2 upper case characters attributes an extra +2 credit, hence password is valid

whereas following passwords will be invalid:

• hivmware@12 - required length of 12 is not fulfilled
• hivmware1234 - required minimum 1 special case character is not fulfilled
• HiVMwar@1 - there are 3 upper case characters out which only maximum 2 characters will be considered for extra credit, third occurrence of upper case character will be attributed as 1 credit only, hence the overall credit score 11 does not fulfills complexity

Note, passwords less than 8 characters are never allowed.