SonicOS 7 Device Settings
- SonicOS 7
- About Device Settings
- Managing SonicWall Licenses
- System Administration
- Configuring the Firewall Name
- Enabling Wireless LAN and IPv6
- Changing the Administrator Name and Password
- Configuring Login Security
- Multiple Administrators Support
- Enabling Enhanced Audit Logging Support
- Configuring the Wireless LAN Controller
- Enabling SonicOS API and Configuring Authentication Methods
- Enabling GMS Management
- Configuring the Management Interface
- Client Certificate Verification
- Selecting a Language
- Configuring Time Settings
- Managing Certificates
- Administering SNMP
- Firmware Settings
- Storage
- Restarting the System
- SonicWall Support
Configuring Password Compliance
To configure password compliance
- Navigate to Device | Settings > Administration.
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Click Login / Multiple Administrators.
Configure the following settings in the LOGIN SECURITY section.
- To require users to change their passwords after a designated number of days has elapsed:
- Select Password must be changed every (days). The field becomes active. This option is not selected by default.
- Enter the elapsed time in the field. The default number of days is 90, the minimum is 1 day, and the maximum is 9999.
- To specify the minimum length of time, in hours, allowed between password changes:
- Select Change password after (hours) . The field becomes active.
- Enter the number of hours. The minimum – and default – time is 1 hour; the maximum is 9999 hours.
- To require users to use unique passwords for the specified number of password changes:
- Select Bar repeated passwords for this many changes. The field becomes active.
- Enter the number of changes. The default number is 4, the minimum number is 1, and the maximum number is 32.
- To require users to change at least 8 alphanumeric/symbolic characters of their old password when creating a new one, select Apply password constrains. For how to specify what characters are allowed, see Step 7.
- Specify the shortest allowed password, enter the minimum number of characters in the Enforce a minimum password length of field. The default number is 8, the minimum is 1, and the maximum is 99.
- Choose how complex a user’s password must be to be accepted from the drop-down menu:
- None (default)
- Alphanumeric characters— Requires both alphabetic and numeric characters
- Alphanumeric and symbolic characters— Requires alphabetic, numeric, and symbolic characters – for symbolic characters, only !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *, (, and ) are allowed; all others are denied
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When a password complexity option other than None is selected, the options under become active. Enter the minimum number of alphanumeric and symbolic characters required in a user’s password. The default number for each is 0, but the total number of characters for all options cannot exceed 99.
- Upper Case Characters
- Lower Case Characters
- Number Characters
- Symbolic Characters
The Symbolic Characters field becomes active only if Alphanumeric and symbolic characters is selected.
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Select to which classes of users the password constraints are applied under. By default, all options are selected:
- Admin – Refers to the default administrator with the username admin.
- Other full admin
- Limited admin
- Guest admin
- Other local users
When a user attempts to login with an expired password, a popup window prompts the user to enter a new password. The window now includes a Change Password button so users can change their passwords at any time.
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