13.3 Password Security (Local and External Users)

You can require that user passwords to the TeamWorks site meet certain criteria by enabling password complexity checking. Only locally created users and external users are affected by this setting; users whose accounts are synchronized to TeamWorks via LDAP are not affected.

Users’ existing passwords are not forced to comply with the password policy; only when a user changes his or her password is the password policy put into effect.

Path Port 8443 TeamWorks Admin Console System > Password Policy

Table 13-3 Using the Configure Password Policy dialog

Field, Option, or Button	Information and/or Action
Password complexity changing requires that passwords:
Enable Password Complexity Checking for Local and External Users	When this is enabled, TeamWorks requires that passwords meet the criteria listed on the page: Are at least 8 characters in length Do not contain the user’s first name, last name, or user ID (these restrictions are not case-sensitive) Contain at least 3 of the following: A lower-case character An upper-case character A number One of the following symbols: ~ @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) - + { } [ ] \| \ ? / , . < >

Field, Option, or Button

Information and/or Action

Password complexity changing requires that passwords:

Enable Password Complexity Checking for Local and External Users

When this is enabled, TeamWorks requires that passwords meet the criteria listed on the page:
- Are at least 8 characters in length
- Do not contain the user’s first name, last name, or user ID (these restrictions are not case-sensitive)
- Contain at least 3 of the following:
  - A lower-case character
  - An upper-case character
  - A number
  - One of the following symbols: ~ @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) - + { } [ ] | \ ? / , . < >