They are using alpha, upper & lower case, and numeric at least 7 positions in length. Again, I even had one person try a password that worked for my personal account and it would not work for her.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Burger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 12:12 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Re: Upgraded to 7.1 - Now Users Cannot Change Passwords??
Tell them to add numbers to the mix.
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Hahnel William J wrote:
> I recently upgraded to 7.1 from 6.2. Password aging is in place forcing
> users to change password every 120 days. Some users are hitting this limit
> now and are being required to change their password. When they attempt to
> do so they cannot find a password to satisfy. Receiving messages that
> password is too similar to previous, too simple, too short or based on
> dictionary word. Yet I was forced to change mine and it worked fine. I
> even had a user attempt a password that worked for me and it failed for
> them.
>
> Any ideas??
>
> Bill Hahnel
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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