Directory Services 7.4.2

Repeated Characters Password Validator

The Repeated Characters Password Validator is used to determine whether a proposed password is acceptable based on the number of times any character appears consecutively in a password value.

It ensures that user passwords do not contain strings of the same character repeated several times, like "aaaaaa" or "aaabbb".

Parent

The Repeated Characters Password Validator object inherits from Password Validator.

Repeated Characters Password Validator properties

You can use configuration expressions to set property values at startup time. For details, see Property value substitution.

Basic Properties Advanced Properties

case-sensitive-validation
enabled
max-consecutive-length

java-class

Basic properties

Use the --advanced option to access advanced properties.

case-sensitive-validation

Synopsis

Indicates whether this password validator should treat password characters in a case-sensitive manner.

Description

If the value of this property is false, the validator ignores any differences in capitalization when looking for consecutive characters in the password. If the value is true, the validator considers a character to be repeating only if all consecutive occurrences use the same capitalization.

Default value

None

Allowed values

true

false

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

None

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

enabled

Synopsis

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

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

max-consecutive-length

Synopsis

Specifies the maximum number of times that any character can appear consecutively in a password value.

Description

A value of zero indicates that no maximum limit is enforced.

Default value

None

Allowed values

An integer.

Lower limit: 0.

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

None

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

Advanced properties

Use the --advanced option to access advanced properties.

java-class

Synopsis

Specifies the fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the password validator implementation.

Default value

org.opends.server.extensions.RepeatedCharactersPasswordValidator

Allowed values

A Java class that extends or implements:

  • org.opends.server.api.PasswordValidator

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

The object must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to take effect.

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No