validate_password_special_char_count

Description

validate_password_special_char_count specifies the minimum number of special characters that must be included in a user password.

Privilege requirements

• Query variables

  sys tenants and all user tenants can execute the SHOW VARIABLES statement or query the SYS.TENANT_VIRTUAL_GLOBAL_VARIABLE view (Oracle mode) or the information_schema.GLOBAL_VARIABLES view (MySQL mode) to view the values of Global system variables.

• Modify variables

  • sys tenants can directly modify the values of Global system variables.

  • MySQL user tenants must have the SUPER or ALTER SYSTEM privilege to modify the values of Global system variables.

  • Oracle user tenants must have the ALTER SYSTEM privilege to modify the values of Global system variables.

Attributes

Usage

This variable must be used in conjunction with the validate_password_policy variable. It only takes effect when the value of validate_password_policy is MEDIUM.

Examples

Set the minimum number of special characters in a user password to 1.

obclient> SET GLOBAL validate_password_special_char_count = 1;

References

For more information about password complexity, see Password complexity.