▪ User names and passwords must begin with an alphanumeric character or an underscore (_).

▪ Lower case characters in user names, passwords, and system catalog names are converted to upper case.

▪ If you try to log in four times with an incorrect user name or password, the system blocks your IP address for a maximum of 60 seconds. This feature cannot be configured or disabled.

▪ You must remember your user name and password to be able to connect to solidDB. There are no default user names. The administrator user name that you enter when you create the database is the only user name that is available for connecting to the database for the first time. If you cannot connect to solidDB because you have forgotten your system administrator user name or password, contact your solidDB support representative.

▪ Minimum length: 2 characters, maximum length: 80 characters

▪ Minimum length: 3 characters, maximum length: 80 characters

▪ You cannot use the double quotation mark (") in a password. The use of apostrophe ('), semicolon (;), or space is discouraged, because some tools might not accept these characters in a password.

▪ If you plan to use solidDB Remote Control (solcon), do not create passwords with non-ASCII characters, because solcon does not perform UTF-8 translation for any input.

▪ You can enter a password from a file. For more information, see Entering password from a file.

▪ solidDB passwords do not expire. If you want to set up user accounts with expiring passwords, use the operating-system-based mechanism for authentication, see Operating-system-based external authentication.