Parameter
login/min_password_specials
Short text
Minimum number of special characters in passwords
Parameter Description
This parameter specifies the minimum number of special characters that a password must contain. It applies both when assigning new passwords and when changing the password or resetting passwords.
All characters are special characters that
• are not digits (0-9)
• are not the ASCII letters A-Z or a-z. These include national special characters and Unicode characters (if you are working in a Unicode system), as well as the ASCII characters !”@ $%&/()=?’`*+~#-_.,;:{[]}\<>|
Application Area
Logon
Parameter Unit
Number of special characters
Default Value
0
Who is permitted to make changes?
Customer
Operating System Restrictions
None
Database System Restrictions
None
Are other parameters affected or dependent?
• login/min_password_lng
• login/min_password_diff
• login/min_password_digits
• login/min_password_letters
• login/min_password_lowercase
• login/min_password_uppercase
• login/disable_password_logon
• login/password_charset
• login/password_downwards_compatibility
• login/password_compliance_to_current_policy
Values allowed
0 – 40
(If login/password_downwards_compatibility = 5: 0 – 8 only)
