Password Controls
System Maintenance Menu -> Configure
System Settings -> Security Tab -> General
Settings -> Password Controls
Each Operator must enter a valid
password to access the software and to control security,
functionality, and identification for individual users.
Passwords can be set in Operators,
Set Password, and in Change Password in All Divisions.
An operator must be assigned a Security
Role that allows permission to the Security - Password
Controls in order to access this table.
Note: When the external 'Authentication' feature is
enabled in the Texada Support Parameters
this "Password Control" processing is disabled and the
operator is redirected the to the User Management Menu on
Texada Web.
A password cannot match the operator sign in code (often his
initials) or the sign in division, and must contain both alpha and
numeric characters.
Note: Restrictions are disabled if not value is set.
The prompts are:
-
- PASSWORD EXPORT/IMPORT
- This option is only available to Texada Support staff as
outlined in Operator Password
Export/Import.
MINIMUM PASSWORD LENGTH
- Set a minimum number of characters required when an operator is
defining his password.
If this field is left blank there is no minimum length
requirement.
MAXIMUM UNSUCCESSFUL LOGINS
- Set the maximum number of times an operator can enter an
invalid password before his account becomes locked.
If no max is set, the default becomes 5 tries before the operator
account is locked.
Once an account is locked, only another operator with Security Role Permissions to release it, can unlock
the account as outlined in Enable or Disable
Operator Login.
NUMBER OF OLD PASSWORDS TO REMEMBER
- This setting can be used to control how soon an operator re-use
a previously used password.
Set the number of last-used passwords that are too recent and
cannot be re-used by the operator.
Any passwords older than this count, are no longer tracked and can
be re-used.
MAX INACTIVE DAYS FOR NEW ACCOUNTS
- After a new operator account is setup in Operators, if the operator has not logged in the
number of days defined in this parameter, the account becomes
locked until it is released in Enable or Disable
Operator Login.
Once the account has been re-enabled, the Max Inactive Days For
New Accounts no longer applies to that account, and when the
operator eventually does login, he will be prompted to change the
password as outlined in Set Password.
PASSWORD EXPIRY DAYS
- For system security, each operator's SRM software access
password should be changed regularly.
Enter the number of days, before passwords expire and must be
changed for each operator.
If this field is left blank, the password expiry check is not
activated.
Password Expiry Days can also be set in the Company Information.
PASSWORD LAST EXPIRED
- The software maintains this date.
When the password expires, and an operator attempts to sign into
SRM, the screen warns that the password has expired and prompts for
a new password as outlined in Set
Password.
Forced Password Change:
If
a security problem arises and your firm needs to force a change of
all SRM passwords, this Password Last Expired date can be
backdated past the Password Expiry Days so that operators
will be required to change their passwords at the next login.
e.g. If Password Expiry Days is 30, set the
Password Last Expired date back over a month.
Password Expiry Days can also be set in the Company Information.
Finished?
- Click ACCEPT to accept changes, or CANCEL to abort.
Note: Any restrictions are disabled if there is no value set for
it in this utility,
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