### Setting the User Passwords Strength

To set up the passwords strength

1. Select Configuration Director - Security Manager - Setup.
2. Click the Edit button.
3. Fill the form:
   1. Select the password checking mode by setting the option button to one of the following::

      Use cracklib for password strength checking. You can select this if you would like to use the CrackLib. CrackLib is a library which may be used in a "passwd"-like program.

      Manual minimum password length setting. You can set the option button to this if you would like to manually define the password length. In this case, please indicate the minimal number of characters in a password in the The minimum permitted password length field.

   2. You can enable the additional security check for passwords in Parallels Business Automation - Standard: The password should contain both lower-case and upper-case symbols and The password should contain special symbols (non-alphanumerical ones, like ~, !, @ etc.). To use this options, check the relevant boxes.
4. Click the Save button.

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