Checking Password Validation¶

Policy Server communicates with the Agent to collect check the strength of a windows password

Add the Agent Action to a Policy¶

Go to Policy in the top panel.
Go to Policy > Node Policy in the left Policy panel.
Click the desired Policy ID in Node Policy window.
Find Agent Action. Click Assign.
Find Checking Password Validation in the Available section. Select and drag it into the Selected section.
Click Add.
Click Update.

Under Plugin Settings:

Select On or Off for:
- Display Account with Strong Password: Specify whether to display an account with a strong password.
- Immovable Dialog Box - Specify whether to lock Dialog Box in the center of the screen.

The settings below may be defined for both Logged On Users and Logged Off Users.

For Password Check Options, select None, Protection (check for password), or Strength (Checks password against password policy. See: Managing Users and Groups)
- For Action, select Force Password Change (Which will mandate a password to be added, or mandate a password is made compliant, depending on the main password check option chosen), or Check Password Strength (Can be selected to check password strength without additional action, regardless of the main password check option. See: Managing Users and Groups) .
For Maximum Password Age, Specify the period of time (hours - months) that a password can be used before the system requires the user to change it Enter 0 to Disable.
- For Expiry Notification, Specify the period of time that users are notified before password expiration (minutes - months).
For Username Exceptions, Enter Username(s) to be excluded from password validation check.
For Execution Interval, adjust Periodic Interval. (seconds - months)
Click Update.