Password policy properties

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title: Password policy properties
description: The password policy properties enable you to administrate password policies, exclude list passwords, and apply a password policy during login.
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# Password policy properties

The password policy properties enable you to administrate password policies, exclude list passwords, and apply a password policy during login.

Navigate to **Password Policy** > **Properties** to view and edit the password policy properties.

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Property

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Description

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glide.enable.password\_policy

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Enables a password policy for your instance. The policy goes into effect when a user changes or resets a password. This property is automatically set to **true**. **Note:**

-   If your instance is customized, via the **ValidatePasswordStronger** installation exit or your Password Reset credential store \[pwd\_cred\_store\], then you must create this property and add it to your system properties.
-   Before the Orlando release, if your instance was customized with the **ValidatePasswordStronger** installation exit, then you had to create the Password Policy property to make the Password Policy work.
-   Starting with the Orlando release, there is no installation exit customization. The Password Policy properties work by default. These properties can be manually turned off.

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glide.enable.blacklist\_password

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Prohibits using specific passwords. The administrator can insert passwords into the Excluded Password table. This property is automatically set to **true**.

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glide.apply.password\_policy.on\_login

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Forces users to change the passwords during their next login if the existing passwords are not in compliance with the current password policy. This property is automatically set to **false**. Setting the value to **true** enforces a password policy during login.

**Note:** Enabling this property might force a significant number of users who are not in compliance with the new password policy to change their passwords.

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glide.password\_policy.user\_excluded\_special\_char

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Enables users to use the excluded special character option on the Password policy form.

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glide.validate.sys\_user.password.field

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Enables validation on the user password against the password policy when an admin is editing the sys\_user form or list view.

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glide.password.policy.generate.password.field.disabled

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Disables the **Password** field on the set password pop-up on the sys\_user form.

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glide.user.show.password.field

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Enables the **Password** field on the sys\_user form.

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glide.password\_policy.debug

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Enables debug logging for the password policy.

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