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# Password settings
### 1. Default password settings for the users
This setting helps system admins enable or disable 2-factor authentication for the users while logging into the system.
2-factor authentication
### 2. Account Lockout Policy
*Account lockout policy is* used by system admins to lock out an account when someone tries to log on unsuccessfully several times in a row. The user's account will be locked after the **mentioned number of wrong attempts.** System admin can unblock users from [**manage user**](/user-management/managing-users.md)**.**
Account lockout policy
### 3. Validate a Password
System Admin can set a default or a custom password validation for its user's accounts.
Dafault Password Regex
Custom Password regex
### 4. Password Expiry Time
As a System Admin, you can make user passwords expire after a certain number of days, or set passwords to never expire. By default, passwords are set to never expire for your organization.
Password expiry
### 5. Reset the Password
The System admin can enable users to reset their password if all login attempts are exhausted.
