Configuring a password policy by using the web UI

Configure the password policy for locally defined users.

About this task

You can use the IBM® MQ Appliance web UI to configure the password policy for users defined locally on the appliance. The policy does not apply to users defined in other ways.

1. Start the IBM MQ Appliance web UI and click the Administration icon .
2. Select Access > RBM Settings
3. Ensure that Administrative state is On and go to the Password policy tab.
4. Define the policy by specifying the following options:
   1. In the Minimum length field, enter the minimum number of characters in a password.
   2. Define characteristics for passwords:
      • Set the Require mixed case property to require mixed case passwords.
      • Set the Require non-alphanumeric property to require nonalphanumeric characters in passwords.
      • Set the Require number property to require numeric characters in passwords.
      • Set the Disallow user name substring property to indicate whether to allow the user name string in the password. If the user is george, the property controls whether to allow george1! or passgeorgeword as the password.
   3. Set the Enable aging property to control password-aging. If enabled, define the maximum password age in the Maximum age field.
   4. Set the Control reuse property to control the reuse of previous passwords. If enabled, define the reuse history by entering the number of past passwords to compare against for reuse in the Reuse history field.
   5. From the Password hash algorithm list, select the algorithm that is used to hash passwords before they are stored.
5. Click Apply to apply your changes.

What to do next

After you specify a password policy, you can next configure an account policy.