Configuring Portal Password Authentication Profile
For Portal Users, Portal Password is the default authentication profile. Ensure to specify the following values to configure Portal Password:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Security Level | The built-in security level to implement.
Specify Low, Medium, or High. For portal users, the Portal Password Authentication Profile considers only inactiveSessionExpireMins, loginSessionExpireMins, minPasswordLength, nonLettersInPassword and caseSensitivePassword attributes in the security level configuration. For more information about
the build-in security levels, see Built-in security levels. |
| Expiration Policy | The number of days before a password expires. When a portal user's password expires, the platform prompts an error to the user during the next login attempt. Portal user has to contact it's administrator to request a new password or can reset the password using the Forgot Password link available on the login page. Leave this field blank to disable the password expiration policy. |
| Custom Validation Formula | Custom validation code to be used in addition to the validation rules specified by the built-in security level. For more information about custom validation formulas, see Custom validation formulas. |
| Password History | Click to enable password history. This will help store the
previously used passwords and disallows recent passwords during
password management. Select the number of previously used passwords to be stored in the Passwords remembered. |
| Passwords remembered | Number of old passwords to be stored. |
| NewUserPasswordActivationLinkExpiry | Set the password expiratioin time in hours
for new user activation link to expire. Minimum: Default expiry time of the link: |
| Password Reset Expiry Time | Set the password expiration time in hours for
the reset password link for existing users request to reset
password. Default expiry time of the link:
|
After specifying the above values, click Save to save your changes.
For every portal visitor user activation, an activation link is sent to the portal user's email address. For more information, see Activating Portal User.
