Add a customized password generator

We can add a customized password generator for creating passwords with ISIM Server.

1. Create a customized password generator class that implements the com.ibm.passwordrules.PasswordGenerator interface.
2. Register the customized password generator class. The customized password generator might be used by adding a line to the passwordrules.properties file. For example:

   generator.ibm.tivoli.itim.CustomGenerator

   In this example, generator is the required prefix followed by the fully qualified name of the password generator class. Both parts constitute the entire property key of a customized generator. Initialization parameters can be passed to the customized generator by specifying a value for the property, as in the following example:

   generator.ibm.tivoli.itim.CustomGenerator=value1?value2

   This value must be defined in a format that is expected by the initialize() method of the generator. If the author of a customized generator class chooses not to do any initialization, the property value is ignored by the initialize method of the generator class. Any password generator, including the built-in one, has a global scope, and is the only one that generates passwords for accounts of all service types.

Parent topic: Customized password rules