--- title: User Password Strength Settings slug: kronpam-reference-guide-3-5-0/user-password-strength-settings description: This document provides step-by-step instructions on customizing password strength policies for local Kron PAM users. It covers a range of options, from lax requirements to a more secure approach involving longer passwords with a mix of uppercase, lowercas docTags: createdAt: 2022-07-25T08:25:32.000Z --- Different password strength policies can be set for local Kron PAM users: 1. Navigate to **Administration** > **System Config Man**. 2. Change the **aioc.users.default.password.strength** parameter value with the preferred level. | **Level** | **Policy** | | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **0** | None | | **1** | Password length must be at least 5 characters | | **2** | Password length must be at least 5 characters; a Number is required. | | **3** | Password length must be more than 7 characters; Upper/Lower Case, Number, and Special
Character required. | | **4** | Password length must be more than 15 characters; Upper/Lower Case, Number, and Special Character required. | - Restart the pam-gui service: a. Establish an SSH connection to the Single Connect IP address as the** pamuser** user. b. Run the **systemctl restart netright-tomcat** command to restart the service.