Note: this component is designated "advanced", which means that objects of this type are not expected to be created or altered in most environments. If you believe that such a change is necessary, you may want to contact UnboundID support in order to understand the potential impact of that change.
The Unique Characters Password Validator determines 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 Component
↓Properties
↓dsconfig Usage
The Unique Characters Password Validator component inherits from the Password Validator
The properties supported by this managed object are as follows:
| Basic Properties: | Advanced Properties: |
|---|---|
| ↓ description | None |
| ↓ enabled | |
| ↓ min-unique-characters | |
| ↓ case-sensitive-validation |
| Description | A description for this Password Validator |
| Default Value | None |
| Allowed Values | A string |
| Multi-Valued | No |
| Required | No |
| Admin Action Required | None. Modification requires no further action |
| Description | 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. Modification requires no further action |
| Description | Specifies the minimum number of unique characters that a password will be allowed to contain. A value of zero indicates that no minimum value is enforced. |
| Default Value | None |
| Allowed Values | An integer value. Lower limit is 0. |
| Multi-Valued | No |
| Required | Yes |
| Admin Action Required | None. Modification requires no further action |
| Description | Indicates whether this password validator should treat password characters in a case-sensitive manner. 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. Modification requires no further action |
To list the configured Password Validators:
dsconfig list-password-validators
[--property {propertyName}] ...
To view the configuration for an existing Password Validator:
dsconfig get-password-validator-prop
--validator-name {name}
[--tab-delimited]
[--script-friendly]
[--property {propertyName}] ...
To update the configuration for an existing Password Validator:
dsconfig set-password-validator-prop
--validator-name {name}
(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}
[(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...
To create a new Unique Characters Password Validator:
dsconfig create-password-validator
--validator-name {name}
--type unique-characters
--set enabled:{propertyValue}
--set min-unique-characters:{propertyValue}
--set case-sensitive-validation:{propertyValue}
[--set {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...
To delete an existing Password Validator:
dsconfig delete-password-validator
--validator-name {name}