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# Local Authentication
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## Overview
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Cacti's Built-in Authentication is sufficient for most small work-group Cacti
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installations. Cacti stores local accounts and password hashes in its database,
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not recoverable plaintext passwords. Protect database access and backups as
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part of the installation's credential security.
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## Local Account Complexity Requirements
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Additionally, Cacti has the ability to remember password history, force
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complexity rules, minimum lengths, force change frequency, etc. on new
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passwords. These settings are configurable as well. The image below
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shows the local complexity settings available in Cacti.
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Those options include:
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- **Minimum Length** - The minimum length password that is acceptable
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- **Require Mix Case** - Require that the password have mixed case
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- **Require Number** - The password must includes a number.
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- **Require Special Character** - The password must include a Special
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Character.
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- **Force Complexity Upon Old Passwords** - If set, and a user attempts
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to login with a password that does not meet the current complexity
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requirements, they will be forced to change their password.
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- **Expire Inactive Accounts** - Disable inactive accounts after
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a certain number of days of inactivity.
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- **Password History** - Maintain a list of previous passwords, and
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do not allow a user to use one of those prior passwords during
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their password changes.
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## Account Locking
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If a user attempts to use an incorrect password more than a certain
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number of times without a successful login, Cacti can automatically
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lock out the user from that account for a certain amount of time.
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This technique prevents hackers from continually attempting to
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break a users password from the Cacti interface. The images
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below shows the two settings associated with this Cacti feature.
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The settings are fairly self explanatory, so additional detail is no
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provided here.
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Copyright (c) 2004-2026 The Cacti Group
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