How to change Interval value in the password rules

Products

• CA Virtual Privilege Manager
• CA Privileged Identity Management Endpoint (PIM)

Issue/Introduction

Please advise how to change the value in the Password rules as shown below, thanks you.

 

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Data for CA ControlMinder options
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Password rules    :
        Alpha             : 1
        Alphanumeric      : 1
        Gracelogins       : 6
        History           : 0
        Interval          : 40
        Password min life : 7
        Min length        : 5
        Max length        : 8
        Sub str length    : 0
        Lower             : 1
        Max rep           : 2
        Numeric           : 1
        Special           : 1
        Upper             : 1
        Old PW check      : Yes
        Name check        : Yes
        Dictionary format : file
        Bidirectional     : No
        Prohibited chars  :
Inactive days     : 0
Accum PACL & ACL  : Yes
ADMIN             : Yes

Environment

Release : 12.8

Component : CA ControlMinder - Unix

Resolution

To do this you use the setoption (or so for short) command. For example, to set interval to 50:

so password(interval(50))

See:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/identity-security/privileged-identity-manager/14-0/reference/selang-reference-guide/selang-commands-in-the-ac-environment/setoptions-command-set-options.html

And "Example: Define Password Checking Rules":

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/identity-security/privileged-identity-manager/14-0/administrating/endpoint-administration-for-windows/managing-user-passwords.html