User name and password limitations
User names and passwords are limited in both length, and in the characters that can be used.
- User names
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- Limit user names to 20 characters. Although user names can contain up to 255 characters, know that the user name is used to construct the path of Local Storage. Due to limitations of 255 characters in the length of a path on Windows OS, a long user name can cause problems for desktop clients.
- A user name needs a minimum of one (1) non-numeric character.
- ASCII, Unicode characters and special character are allowed except for the following. Do not use: \ / : * ? " ' < > | ' , ' (comma space).
- Passwords
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- All characters are allowed.
- Do not use a space as a first or last character in your password; leading and ending spaces are removed when the password is saved.
- A space in the middle of a password is allowed; it is maintained when saved.