Environment
Novell Operations Center 5.0 Event Manager
Novell Operations Center 5.0
Situation
Need to setup expiry with passwords.
Understanding the options and how to set them up.
Resolution
Password Expiry Configuration:
Password Expiration
Description: Maximum number of days a password is valid
Value Type: Non-Negative Numerical
Special values: 0 = unlimited
Default Value: 0
Formula.properties Key: PasswordExpiration
Password Reuse
Description: Specifies intervals for password reuse
Value Type: Numerical
Special Values: -N = no reuse for N days, 0 = reuse OK, N = No reuse for N changes
Default Value:0
Formula.properties Key: PasswordReuse
Password Pattern
Description: Specifies regular expression pattern for passwords
Value Type: Regular Expression String
Special Values: <blank> = all passwords are valid
Default Value: <blank>
Formula.properties Key: PasswordPattern
Password Expiration Warning
Description: Number of days before expiry to warn users about password expiry
Values: Non-Negative Numerical
Default Value: 0
Formula.properties Key: PasswordExpirationWarning
Note: Cannot currently be set by the customizer. Need to manually edit Formula.properties file and set the value
Password Expiration Behaviour:
Case one: Password Expiry = 0, Password Expiry Warning = 0
-Passwords will never expire.
Case two: Password Expiry = 0, Password Expiry Warning = N
-Passwords will never expire.
Case three: Password Expiry = N, Password Expiry Warning = 0
-Passwords will expire N days after they are set.
-No warning will be given about Password Expiry.
-Attempting to login with an expired password will deny access to the system.
-Non-Expired passwords can be changed from the menu File → Change Password...
-Expired passwords need to be reset by an administrator.
Case four: Password Expiry = N, Password Expiry Warning = M
-Passwords will expire N days after they are set.
-When users login to the NOC client M or less days before their password expires, they will be prompted by a warning to change their password, with a message indicating the number of days remaining before their password expires
-Attempting to login with an expired password will deny access to the system.
-Non-Expired passwords can be changed from the menu File → Change Password...
-Expired passwords need to be reset by an administrator.