password limitations within confluence.cfg.xml

Rusty Rusty

What are the valid characters that can be used for the "hibernate.connection.password" property within confluence.cfg.xml?  

 

I'm using an external database, authenticating with active directory, and I'd like to change the password for the account but keep getting authentication failures that I think are related to special characters within the password field.

Stephen Sifers

Hello Rusty,

You should not have a limitation within the hibernate.connection.password option itself when setting a password. As a test, we would suggest setting a simple A-Z password to see if this does not have an issue.

Another note, while a password complexity may be required, password entropy can help to achieve complex passwords while staying within simplified passwords. An example of a high entropy password could be; house-Gocart-ocean-Aerospace. These types of passwords may assist with having a complex password while keeping them within simplified characters.

We look forward to your results from testing with a simple character password to see if the issue is still present.

Regards,
Stephen Sifers