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CloudSSO:SetPasswordPolicy

Last Updated:Aug 28, 2026

Configures a password policy for CloudSSO users.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

cloudsso:SetPasswordPolicy

update

*Directory

acs:cloudsso:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:directory/{#DirectoryId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

DirectoryId

string

Yes

The ID of the directory.

d-00fc2p61****

MinPasswordLength

integer

No

The minimum password length.

Valid values: 8 to 32 characters.

8

MinPasswordDifferentChars

integer

No

The minimum number of unique characters in a password.

A value of 0 indicates no limit on unique characters. The maximum value equals the MinPasswordLength parameter value.

8

PasswordNotContainUsername

boolean

No

Whether a password can contain the username. Valid values:

  • true: A password cannot contain the username.

  • false: A password can contain the username.

true

MaxPasswordAge

integer

No

The validity period of a password.

Valid values: 1 to 120. Unit: days.

90

PasswordReusePrevention

integer

No

The password history check policy.

The previous N passwords cannot be reused. Valid values of N: 0 to 24. The value 0 specifies that all historical passwords can be reused.

Note

Passwords that are generated before January 5, 2024 are not counted as historical passwords.

1

MaxLoginAttempts

integer

No

The number of password retries.

If a wrong password is entered the specified number of consecutive times, the account is locked for 1 hour.

Valid values: 0 to 32. The value 0 specifies that the number of password retries is not limited.

5

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The returned result.

RequestId

string

The request ID.

768F908D-A66A-5A5D-816C-20C93CBBFEE3

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "768F908D-A66A-5A5D-816C-20C93CBBFEE3"
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.