Finding password parameters for local users in Automic

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine
• CA Automic One Automation
• Automic SaaS

Issue/Introduction

How can you find the password parameters that are used for UC4 local user authentication in Automic Automation Engine?  This is often needed for audits.

Resolution

Password requirement parameters are set in each client's UC_CLIENT_SETTINGS variable using the PWD_* settings.  If these parameters are not set in a specific client, they may be set in client 0 and will be inherited by clients that don't have them set. 

For example, if PWD_ATTEMPTS_MAX is not set in client 100, but is set to 2 in client 0, then client 100 will inherit 2 as the PWD_ATTEMPTS_MAX setting.

If no parameter is set in UC_CLIENT_SETTINGS, then it will take the defaults that show up on that documentation page for Password Parameters