Set the password history policy

If Security Directory Server is your user registry, we can use its password history policy.

For information about setting the password policy used with Security Directory Server, see the IBM Security Directory Server: Administration Guide.

Steps

  1. Access the login page with a supported web browser. The default login page is the following URL: http://server_name:12100/IDSWebApp/IDSjsp/Login.jsp

    Where server_name is the host name of the application server where the Web Administration Tool is installed.

  2. Select the LDAP host name to be managed and log on as an LDAP administrator (for example, cn=root). The Web Administration Tool starts.

  3. In the navigation area, select Server administration > Manage security properties.

  4. In the main window, select Password validation.

  5. Set the minimum number of passwords that must be used before a password can be reused. Enter a number from 0 to 30. If you enter zero, a password can be reused without restriction.

  6. Click Apply.

  7. In the main window, click Password policy.

  8. If not already enabled, set the Password policy enabled check box to enable password policy.

  9. Click OK.

Parent topic: LDAP-specific tasks