Cisco Systems OL-24201-01 Camera Accessories User Manual


 
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User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
OL-24201-01
Chapter 16 Managing System Administrators
Configuring Authentication Settings for Administrators
Related Topics
Understanding Roles, page 16-3
Administrator Accounts and Role Association, page 16-6
Configuring Authentication Settings for Administrators, page 16-9
Configuring Authentication Settings for Administrators
Authentication settings are a set of rules that enhance security by forcing administrators to use strong
passwords, regularly change their passwords, and so on. Any password policy changes that you make
apply to all ACS system administrator accounts.
To configure a password policy:
Step 1 Choose System Administration > Administrators > Settings > Authentication.
The Password Policies page appears with the Password Complexity and Advanced tabs.
Step 2 In the Password Complexity tab, check each check box that you want to use to configure your
administrator password.
Table 16-6 describes the fields in the Password Complexity tab.
Step 3 In the Advanced tab, enter the values for the criteria that you want to configure for your administrator
authentication process.
Table 16-7 describes the fields in the Advanced tab.
Table 16-6 Password Complexity Tab
Option Description
Applies to all ACS system administrator accounts
Minimum length Required minimum length; the valid options are 4 to 20.
Password may not contain the username or
its characters in reversed order
Check to specify that the password cannot contain the username or reverse
username. For example, if your username is john, your password cannot be john
or nhoj.
Password may not contain ‘cisco’ or its
characters in reversed order
Check to specify that the password cannot contain the word cisco or its
characters in reverse order, that is, ocsic.
Password may not contain ‘’ or its
characters in reversed order
Check to specify that the password does not contain the string that you enter or
its characters in reverse order. For example, if you specify a string, polly, your
password cannot be polly or yllop.
Password may not contain repeated
characters four or more times consecutively
Check to specify that the password cannot repeat characters four or more times
consecutively. For example, you cannot have the string apppple as your
password. The letter p appears four times consecutively.
Password must contain at least one character of each of the selected types
Lowercase alphabetic characters Password must contain at least one lowercase alphabetic character.
Upper case alphabetic characters Password must contain at least one uppercase alphabetic character.
Numeric characters Password must contain at least one numeric character.
Non alphanumeric characters Password must contain at least one nonalphanumeric character.