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Password Policy

Password Policy

The account Password Policy determines how to create the password for all guest accounts.

  1. Navigate to Policy Settings > Password Policy. You can specify the following fields for the allowed password creation.

    • Minimum password length - The required minimum password length for guests; the allowed minimum limit is 20.
    • Allow sponsor to change password - Grant sponsors the permission to modify the guest password.
    • Force user to change password set by sponsor - Allow the users to modify the guest password set by the sponsors.
    • Password generation mode - FortiGuest automatically generates (Auto generated password) the guest password based on the configurations in this page, you may also allow the guest to specify a password (Guest specified password).
  2. You can set the following password complexity parameters.
    • Alphabetic characters to include - The permissible alphabetic characters that the password can include.
    • Number to include - The maximum number of alphabetic characters allowed in a password. The limit is 20 characters.
    • Numeric characters to include - The permissible numeric characters (numbers) that the password can include.
    • Number to include - The maximum number of numeric characters allowed in a password. The limit is 20 characters.
    • Other characters to include - The permissible other (special) characters that the password can include
    • Number to include - The maximum number of other characters allowed in a password. The limit is 20 characters.

Password Policy

Password Policy

The account Password Policy determines how to create the password for all guest accounts.

  1. Navigate to Policy Settings > Password Policy. You can specify the following fields for the allowed password creation.

    • Minimum password length - The required minimum password length for guests; the allowed minimum limit is 20.
    • Allow sponsor to change password - Grant sponsors the permission to modify the guest password.
    • Force user to change password set by sponsor - Allow the users to modify the guest password set by the sponsors.
    • Password generation mode - FortiGuest automatically generates (Auto generated password) the guest password based on the configurations in this page, you may also allow the guest to specify a password (Guest specified password).
  2. You can set the following password complexity parameters.
    • Alphabetic characters to include - The permissible alphabetic characters that the password can include.
    • Number to include - The maximum number of alphabetic characters allowed in a password. The limit is 20 characters.
    • Numeric characters to include - The permissible numeric characters (numbers) that the password can include.
    • Number to include - The maximum number of numeric characters allowed in a password. The limit is 20 characters.
    • Other characters to include - The permissible other (special) characters that the password can include
    • Number to include - The maximum number of other characters allowed in a password. The limit is 20 characters.