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28.3. Adding a New Password Policy
When adding a new password policy, you must specify:
- a user group to which the policy will apply (see Section 28.2.2, “Global and Group-specific Password Policies”)
- a priority (see Section 28.2.3, “Password Policy Priorities”)
To add a new password policy using:
- the web UI, see the section called “Web UI: Adding a New Password Policy”
- the command line, see the section called “Command Line: Adding a New Password Policy”
Web UI: Adding a New Password Policy
- Select → .
- Click .
- Define the user group and priority.
- Click to confirm.
To configure the attributes of the new password policy, see Section 28.4, “Modifying Password Policy Attributes”.
Command Line: Adding a New Password Policy
- Use the
ipa pwpolicy-addcommand. Specify the user group and priority:$
ipa pwpolicy-addGroup:group_namePriority:priority_level - Optional. Use the
ipa pwpolicy-findcommand to verify that the policy has been successfully added:$
ipa pwpolicy-find
To configure the attributes of the new password policy, see Section 28.4, “Modifying Password Policy Attributes”.
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