2.5.1 Complex passwords
Your SwyxWare administrator may oblige you to use a complex password. In this case, you must select a complex (strong) password each time you change your password.
Complex passwords for SwyxServer must meet the following requirements:
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The password consists at least of eight characters.
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The password consists of any characters of at least three of the four following categories:
- upper-case letters such as: [A-Z]
- lower-case letters such as: [a-z]
- Numbers [0-9]
- Special characters like e.g. periods, commas, brackets, blanks, hash tags (#), question marks (?), percent signs (%), ampersands (&).
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Alphabetic characters (such as: ß, ü, ä, è, ô) and non-Latin characters (such as: φ, π, β) are no special characters and are regarded as letters.
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In order to ensure that the entered password is complex enough, a status bar appears, indicating whether the entered password fulfils the safety requirements.
The bar consists of five sections. Each section verifies, if the following password requirements have been met:
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At least eight characters
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At least one upper-case letter
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At least one lower-case letter
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At least one digit
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At least one special character
The length (and color) of the bar indicates how many password features have been used and whether the password is accepted by the system.
1 Enter your complex password in the field New Password and repeat the entry in the field Confirm new password.
| For security reasons, it is not possible to reuse the previous password when changing the password. |