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Password Policy

Password Policy

The account Password Policy determines how to create the password for all guest accounts. You can Clone the password policy to reuse configurations.

  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. You can Clone the password policy to reuse configurations.

  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.