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Function documentationPassword Parameters

 

Password parameters define the basic rules for accessing mobile applications such as Mobile Sales and Mobile Service.

In the Mobile System Maintenance (MSY) application, you can change the values of some of the password parameters that are delivered by SAP, by choosing Start of the navigation path Cross-Component Settings Next navigation step Password Parameters End of the navigation path.

Prerequisites

You have assigned a password to a mobile application user using the Admin Consolein CRM.

Note Note

You can also use the TU02transaction to configure passwords. The passwords are stored in the PHAI table in CRM.

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Features

  • Password parameters

    You can change the value of a parameter only when the Editable indicator is selected.

    You can enter an integer value for a parameter only when the Numeric indicator is selected.

    Parameter

    Description

    min_pass_lng

    Minimum length of the password

    password_expiration_time

    Number of days after which the password must be changed

    fails_ses_end

    Number of unsuccessful login attempts that are allowed; at the next unsuccessful login attempt, the login window closes

    If, for example, you enter the value 4 for this parameter, the login window closes after the fifth unsuccessful login attempt.

    • Password rules

      • A user is assigned an initial password, which has to be changed when the user logs on for the first time.

      • The password is not case-sensitive.

      • The minimum length of the password can be configured to a value ranging from three to eight characters.

      • The password can have a maximum of eight characters.

      • The first three characters of the password:

        • Must not occur in the same order as in the user ID

        • Must not be identical

        • Must not be spaces

      • The password must not contain the words PASS or SAP.

      • The first character of the password must not be a question mark (?) or an exclamatory point (!)

        Note Note

        You can use all characters from the syntactical character set; that is, all letters and symbols.

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      • Users can change the password only while logging on to a mobile application and only once a day.

        This restriction does not apply to the system administrator.

      • A new password must be different from the last five passwords.