Unique Characters Password Validator
The Unique Characters Password Validator is used to determine whether a proposed password is acceptable based on the number of unique characters that it contains.
This validator can be used to prevent simple passwords that contain only a few characters like "aabbcc" or "abcabc".
Parent
The Unique Characters Password Validator object inherits from Password Validator.
Unique Characters Password Validator properties
You can use configuration expressions to set property values at startup time. For details, see Property value substitution.
| Basic Properties | Advanced Properties |
|---|---|
case-sensitive-validation
Synopsis |
Indicates whether this password validator should treat password characters in a case-sensitive manner. |
Description |
A value of true indicates that the validator does not consider a capital letter to be the same as its lower-case counterpart. A value of false indicates that the validator ignores differences in capitalization when looking at the number of unique characters in the password. |
Default value |
None |
Allowed values |
true false |
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
Yes |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
enabled
Synopsis |
Indicates whether the password validator is enabled for use. |
Default value |
None |
Allowed values |
true false |
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
Yes |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
min-unique-characters
Synopsis |
Specifies the minimum number of unique characters that a password will be allowed to contain. |
Description |
A value of zero indicates that no minimum value is enforced. |
Default value |
None |
Allowed values |
An integer. Lower limit: 0. |
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
Yes |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
Advanced properties
Use the --advanced
option to access advanced properties.
java-class
Synopsis |
Specifies the fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the password validator implementation. |
Default value |
org.opends.server.extensions.UniqueCharactersPasswordValidator |
Allowed values |
A Java class that extends or implements:
|
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
Yes |
Admin action required |
The object must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to take effect. |
Advanced |
Yes |
Read-only |
No |