Password configuration

The expiry period and format of passwords that are used to access your site can be configured as follows:

1. Click Site Settings on the Configure tab.
2. Click the '+' next to Password Configuration.
3. Password expiry period - type in the box the number of days after which a password will expire and have to be changed. If you do not want users to have to change their passwords regularly type a high number (e.g. 36500 = 100 years). Please note that by default extranet passwords are now auto expired allowing members to update this themselves upon first logging in.
4. Password policy - type in the box a 'regular expression' (regex) that defines the format for a password to your site. The 'i' help next to the box provides some guidance on how to write a regular expression. Contact your administrator for more information.
5. Allow retrieval of lost password- Tick the box to allow the last two reserved forms for customising login to be enabled, this allows user to receive an email with a password reset link. This requires that the user has a valid email in order to work.(added in 10.5)
6. Click Publish at the top left corner of the desktop to save your changes.

In addition to the above in 11.1 passwords have some basic level rules applied to them now, they cannot contain your username or parts of your username or 'password'