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Information on password limitations in NW7 and MaxDB

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Former Member

‎09-12-2012 2:59 AM

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Hi

We are looking at a Password Management system for auditing reasons.

I am trying to find out any password limitations in the NW7.X platform (both stacks) and MaxDB.  What I mean by limitations is such things as if the password generated by  the Password management system is 50 characters long (with suitable complexity) am I able to :

  1. set the SAP* password to a string this long.
  2. Will the MaxDB database users also accept passwords this long
  3. Will the various install/upgrade (eg SAPinst) tools accept this password length.

Any document with type of information would be appreciated.

Thanks

Doug

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mvoros
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‎09-13-2012 2:27 AM

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Hi,

in SU01 the fields that are used to enter new password for a user has only length of 40 characters. Also logon screen field for password is limited to 40 characters. So that is your limit but I am not sure if it is supported correctly by installation tools.

MaxDB seems to be better. 7.8 supports password with length up to 256 characters but I found note 1601081. So it's not be fully supported by all tools.

Cheers

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mvoros
Active Contributor

‎09-13-2012 2:27 AM

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Hi,

in SU01 the fields that are used to enter new password for a user has only length of 40 characters. Also logon screen field for password is limited to 40 characters. So that is your limit but I am not sure if it is supported correctly by installation tools.

MaxDB seems to be better. 7.8 supports password with length up to 256 characters but I found note 1601081. So it's not be fully supported by all tools.

Cheers