To aid in researching password reuse status, Teradata Vantage saves all previously used passwords in the DBC.OldPasswords table. When users successfully change their password, the system:
- Writes a row containing the current password to DBC.OldPasswords.
- Deletes old password rows for the user with a date earlier than the current date minus the PasswordReuse time span from DBC.OldPassword.If you reset a user password, the system does not enforce any PasswordReuse restriction that would normally apply to that password. PasswordReuse restrictions only apply when users reset their own passwords.
The DBC.OldPassword table contains the following information.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| UserName | Identity of the user to which the password was assigned. |
| PasswordDate | Date the password was changed for the user. |
| EncryptionFlag | Identifies whether the password is encrypted by DES or SHA-256. |
| PasswordSalt | SHA standard seed needed to encrypt the password. |
| EncryptedPassword | Encrypted password string. |
| EncryptedPasswordLength |
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