Password Policy Overview

Password authentication allows users to log in to a Laserfiche repository using a user name and password. If the Windows authentication check box is not selected when a user tries to open a repository, Laserfiche will prompt for the name of a Laserfiche user account and the corresponding password.

To take advantage of password authentication, specify a Laserfiche user account that is allowed to authenticate with a password. Alternately, if you are using an LDAP account to authenticate, type the common name of the LDAP user you want to sign in as, followed by the at (@) symbol and the Server Profile name for the LDAP server the user belongs to (e.g., "John Smith@MyCompany"). Learn more.

If you decide to allow a user to log in using a password, you can also choose how your password policy will be implemented. As a user with the Manage Trustees privilege, you can perform any of the following user-specific password-related activities:

• Set a user's password
• Require users to change their password upon logging in to the repository
• Prevent users from changing their password

As a user with the Manage Repository Configuration privilege, you can perform any of the following repository-wide password-related activities:

• Prevent users from reusing previous passwords
• Require periodic password changes
• Require that users to create more secure passwords
• Set an account lockout threshold