<p class="shortdesc">To better protect user passwords, configure the password complexity policy and password expiration policy.</p> <section class="section context" id="Set_policy__context_rh1_5mn_zkb"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">About this task</h2></div> <div class="p"> <div class="note important note_important"><span class="note__title">Important:</span> Only master accounts have the privilege to configure password policies.</div> </div> </section> <section id="Set_policy__steps_xfb_llm_zkb"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">Procedure</h2></div><ol class="ol steps" id="Set_policy__steps_xfb_llm_zkb"><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Log in to the <a class="xref" href="/console/home/dashboard" target="_blank">Console</a> by using a master account.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the upper-right corner of the page, click the drop-down menu after the username, and then select <span class="ph uicontrol">Account Info</span> to enter the <span class="ph uicontrol">Account</span> module.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="Set_policy__d7e42" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20203107175944-14175818993f.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the left navigation pane, select <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Security Settings</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Password Policy</span></span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">On the page that opens, configure the password complexity policy and password expiration policy.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="Set_policy__image_hj4_dnn_zkb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20203107175945-16e113469e7c.png"> <table class="table frame-all" id="Set_policy__table_zgl_hnn_zkb"><caption></caption><colgroup><col style="width:24.330900243309006%"><col style="width:31.630170316301708%"><col style="width:44.0389294403893%"></colgroup><thead class="thead"> <tr class="row"> <th class="entry" id="Set_policy__table_zgl_hnn_zkb__entry__1" colspan="2">Configuration item</th> <th class="entry" id="Set_policy__table_zgl_hnn_zkb__entry__2">Description</th> </tr> </thead><tbody class="tbody"> <tr class="row"> <td class="entry" headers="Set_policy__table_zgl_hnn_zkb__entry__1 " rowspan="3"> <p class="p"><span class="ph uicontrol">Password complexity policy</span></p> </td> <td class="entry" headers="Set_policy__table_zgl_hnn_zkb__entry__1 "> <p class="p"><span class="ph uicontrol">Minimum Number of Characters</span></p> </td> <td class="entry" headers="Set_policy__table_zgl_hnn_zkb__entry__2 "> <p class="p">The password must contain a minimum of two types of characters among letters, digits, and special characters [+ -._? ^% $ # ()! ~]. The length of the password is 8 to 50 characters.</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="row"> <td class="entry" headers="Set_policy__table_zgl_hnn_zkb__entry__1 "> <p class="p"><span class="ph uicontrol">Same Consecutive Characters Limits</span></p> </td> <td class="entry" headers="Set_policy__table_zgl_hnn_zkb__entry__2 "> <p class="p">Set the maximum number of same consecutive characters. The value range is 2 to 50.</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="row"> <td class="entry" headers="Set_policy__table_zgl_hnn_zkb__entry__1 "> <p class="p"><span class="ph uicontrol">Password Repetition Limit</span></p> </td> <td class="entry" headers="Set_policy__table_zgl_hnn_zkb__entry__2 "> <p class="p">Set the number of most recent passwords that cannot be used as a new password. The value range is 1 to 5.</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="row"> <td class="entry" headers="Set_policy__table_zgl_hnn_zkb__entry__1 "> <p class="p"><span class="ph uicontrol">Validity Limit</span></p> </td> <td class="entry" headers="Set_policy__table_zgl_hnn_zkb__entry__1 "> <p class="p"><span class="ph uicontrol">Password validity Period</span></p> </td> <td class="entry" headers="Set_policy__table_zgl_hnn_zkb__entry__2 "> <p class="p">Set the password validity period in days. The value range is 15 to 90.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Apply</span>.</span> </li></ol></section>