Configuring password settings
Setting up password policies, such as determining the minimum strength of each password and defining password expiration, is one of the ways to make your Jive community more secure.
- Password update settings You can give people the ability to change or securely reset their passwords and define the strength of each password.
Self-service password resets
When password reset is enabled, users can change their passwords with the help of password strength tips and a strength meter. They can access the functionality under the avatar in the user interface:
- By using the link on the Login page: The user provides the required information about themselves and receives an email with instructions on password change.
- By selecting Change Password under their avatar on the user interface.
This feature does not affect the ability of community administrators to update passwords for users. For more information, see Manual password reset.
- Configuring password update settings Configuring password update settings includes enabling self-service password updates and setting up strength requirements for newly created passwords.
Password strength
You can require each user password to meet certain criteria to make passwords more secure. You can use one of the existing policies or define a custom policy.
Password strength policy sets the following requirements for each password:
- The minimum and maximum password length.
- The number of Latin uppercase
[A-Z]and lowercase[a-z]letters. - The number of digits
[0-9]. - The number of special symbols, such as
@,%, or*.
Password reuse
This setting allows specifying the reuse policy by defining the number of unique passwords before a user can reuse an old password. Note that this policy affects only self-service password resets and does not apply to password updates performed by community administrators.
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Password expiration By default, passwords to Jive communities do not expire. Enabling and configuring the password expiration feature allows you to enforce password updates for your community.
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Configuring password expiration Password expiration configuration includes setting up the required system properties and configuring the message templates for email notifications.
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Manual password reset Jive offers two options for admins to reset user passwords when users can't do that themselves. Administrators can set a temporary password (and relay the password to the affected user) or reset the password (for the user to change it on the next login).
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Configuring manual password reset Manual password resets by community administrators can be either enabled or disabled in your community.