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Configuring the password history

The password history determines the number of unique new passwords that have to be associated with a user account before an old password can be reused. The value must be between 0 and 5 passwords.

Before you begin

  • You must have full access to the application server.

Procedure

  1. On the Content Manager application server, click start > Run.
  2. In the Open field, type regedit.
  3. Open the hierarchy: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Wow6432Node > Trisoft > TriDK > TridkApp and click on InfoShareAuthor.
  4. To configure the password history, double-click on the key AuthPasswordHistory in the right pane of the window, and change the Value data to the desired value between 0 and 5. The default value = 0