Parameter
login/password_charset
Short text
Character sets for passwords
Parameter Description
This parameter is only evaluated if the profile parameter login/password_downwards_compatibility is set to the value 5. Otherwise, all Unicode characters are permissible in general.
This parameter defines the characters of which a password can consist:
Value 0
The password can only consist of digits, letters, and the following 32 (ASCII) special characters:
!”@ $%&/()=?’`*+~#-_.,;:{[]}\<>|
Value 1
The password can consist of any characters, including national special characters (such as ISO Latin-1, 8859-1); however, all characters that are not contained in the set listed above (at login/password_charset = 0) are mapped to the same (special) character and the system therefore does not differentiate between them. This value is the default value (backward-compatible).
Value 2
The password can consist of any characters; it is converted internally to the Unicode format UTF-8. If you are using a non-Unicode-capable system, you should, however, note that it may be the case that it is not possible to enter all characters on the logon screen (restricted due to the codepage determined by the system language).
Caution
With login/password_charset = 2, passwords are stored in a format (=> code version “D”) that cannot be interpreted by systems with an older kernel (=> see SAP Note 735356); you should therefore only set the profile parameter to the value 2, if you have ensured that all systems involved support the new password coding.
Application Area
Logon
Default Value
1
Who is permitted to make changes?
The customer
Operating System Restrictions
None
Database System Restrictions
None
Are other parameters affected or dependent?
• login/min_password_digits
• login/min_password_letters
• login/min_password_specials
• login/min_password_lowercase
• login/min_password_uppercase
• login/password_downwards_compatibility
• login/password_compliance_to_current_policy
Values allowed
0 / 1 / 2
