# Password

You can change your password here.

## Password syntax

Note the following rules when creating a password:

- A password must consist of a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 255 characters.

- Unlike the user names, the passwords are case sensitive.

- The password must contain at least one uppercase letter A - Z.

- The password must contain at least one lowercase letter a - z.

- The password must contain at least one digit 0 - 9.

- The password must contain at least one of the following special characters: ?, <, >, -, +, *, =, #, full stop, comma and space.

- German umlauts (e.g. ä, ö, ü) and other diacritical characters (e.g. é, à, â) are not permitted.

- The default password password is not permitted.

- The password must not be the same as the user name.

- It is not allowed to use the last 4 historic passwords.

Note: Password expiration period is applicable only for users' with administration rights.

## Password forgotten

Contact your system administrator if you have forgotten your password. He can reset the password to a default value for you.

Parent topic: System events
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