PasswordRegex

Initial Build

2011.01

Module

Membership

Current Setting Type

Drop Down List

This option allows you to provide a regular expression field for eWeb Login passwords to validate against. The regular expression can be used to set password-complexity requirements. The default is ^(?=.*[0-9]+.*)(?=.*[a-zA-Z]+.*)[A-Za-z0-9!@#$%^&*()_]&123;6,14&125;$

Note: This system option does not affect iWeb users.

Current Setting

The current setting for PasswordRegex is used as follows:

Values: This system option can be set to any one of the following options:

  • ^(?=.*[0-9]+.*)(?=.*[a-zA-Z]+.*)[A-Za-z0-9!@#$%^&*()_]&123;6,14&125;$—6-14 characters, digit required
  • (?=.*[0-9]+.*)(?=.*[a-zA-Z]+.*)[A-Za-z0-9!@#$%^&*()_]&123;4,8&125;$:4-8—4-8 characters, digit required
  • ^([A-Za-z0-9!@#$%^&*()_]&123;2,18&125;?)$—weak password, 2-18 characters, no special characters

Default Value: ^(?=.*[0-9]+.*)(?=.*[a-zA-Z]+.*)[A-Za-z0-9!@#$%^&*()_]&123;6,14&125;$

Fields 

This system option includes the following fields:

description: This field gives the description of the system option, including its use and default value.

Important! Do not modify the following fields after the system option is first created. Changing these fields after they have been used can invalidate existing data.

category: This field sets the category (usually the module) where the system option is used.

type : The type field determines the display type of the current setting field (check box, drop-down list, or text box).

values: The values field indicates the allowed values for the current setting field.

Availability

Each system option includes the following availability settings:

entity level option?: Select this check box to make this system option available on an entity level.

visible to external systems?: Select this check box to make this system option available in xWeb.