Stream: community

Topic: Password Configuration

view this post on Zulip Bethany Seeger (Oct 15 2024 at 20:53):

Hi - I see that we can configure password requirements for local (username/password) accounts, but I can't figure out where the configuration for that happens. Can someone point me to that information? Specifically I want to understand what checking we can impose on a password (length/characters/etc).

Thanks!
Bethany

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin 🚀 (Oct 15 2024 at 20:57):

Well the docs are here: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/6.4/installation/config.html#enforce-strong-passwords-for-user-accounts

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin 🚀 (Oct 15 2024 at 20:58):

And you configure each setting (e.g. :PVMinLength) individually.

view this post on Zulip Bethany Seeger (Oct 15 2024 at 21:02):

Thank you!!!! That was not coming up in my combing through the guides and using search there, yet I knew it must be there somewhere. Just couldn't quite come up with the right search words to find it.

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin 🚀 (Oct 15 2024 at 21:09):

sure thing

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin 🚀 (Oct 15 2024 at 21:09):

Please feel free to open a new topic about how well searching the guides works :sweat_smile:

view this post on Zulip Bethany Seeger (Oct 15 2024 at 21:13):

:)
Yeah, I understand how complicated search can be. I was just getting stuck on generic search terms like "password configuration". I wasn't being creative enough - "enforce" would have gotten me there right away.

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin 🚀 (Oct 15 2024 at 21:25):

I literally looked for :pv which no one in the world but me would look for. :sweat_smile: (besides the guy who added the feature in the first place)

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