The Password Validation Component • validate_password.policy Command-Line Format --validate-password.policy=value System Variable validate_password.policy Scope Global Dynamic Yes SET_VAR  Hint Applies No Type Enumeration Default Value 1 Valid Values 0 1 2 The password policy enforced by  validate_password . This variable is unavailable unless validate_password  is installed. validate_password.policy  affects how  validate_password  uses its other policy-setting system variables, except for checking passwords against user names, which is controlled independently by validate_password.check_user_name . The  validate_password.policy  value can be specified using numeric values 0, 1, 2, or the corresponding symbolic values  LOW ,  MEDIUM ,  STRONG . The following table describes the tests performed for each policy. For the length test, the required length is the value of the validate_password.length  system variable. Similarly, the required values for the other tests are given by other  validate_password. xxx  variables. Policy Tests Performed 0  or  LOW Length 1  or  MEDIUM Length; numeric, lowercase/uppercase, and special characters 2  or  STRONG Length; numeric, lowercase/uppercase, and special characters; dictionary file Command-Line Format --validate-password.special-char- count=# System Variable validate_password.special_char_count Scope Global Dynamic Yes SET_VAR  Hint Applies No Type Integer Default Value 1 1391 • validate_password.special_char_count