GetPasswordPolicy

Will retrieve the password policy of local machine.

Syntax

Method ID

#define WAAPI_MID_GET_PASSWORD_POLICY 30009

JSON Input Structure

{
  "input": {
    "method": 30009
  }
}

Input Properties

This method does not require any additional parameters beyond the method ID.

JSON Output Structure

{
  "result": {
    "method": 30009,
    "code": number,
    "timing": number,
    "timestamp": string,
    "password_hist_len": string,
    "max_passwd_age": string,
    "min_passwd_age": string,
    "min_passwd_len": string,
    "complexity_requirements": boolean
  }
}

Output Properties

Property	Type	Description
`result.method`	number	The method ID that generated this result.
`result.code`	number	The result code. See Result Codes.
`result.timing`	number	The measured time for the method call in milliseconds.
`result.timestamp`	string	The timestamp in seconds of when the call was made.
`result.password_hist_len`	string	The length of password history maintained
`result.max_passwd_age`	string	The maximum allowable password age
`result.min_passwd_age`	string	The minimum number of seconds that can elapse between the time a password changes and when it can be changed again
`result.min_passwd_len`	string	The minimum allowable password length
`result.complexity_requirements`	boolean	Password must meet complexity requirements security policy setting

Result Codes

Code	Name	Description
0	`WAAPI_OK`	The operation completed successfully.

note

Other codes may be returned. See the full Result Codes reference for the complete list.

Remarks

Error Handling

The results of this function are determined by the error code returned by the call. If successful, WAAPI_OK or a special success code will be returned. Always check both the function return value and the result.code field in the output JSON.

Examples

Examples will be added here demonstrating the usage of this method.

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