Turning Off Secure Password Requirements
Starting with MediaCentral UX v2.2, an administrator has the option of turning off the password complexity requirement in UMS. This is primarily for facilities that use Interplay Production, iNEWS, or Interplay MAM for user authentication, and users have passwords that do not conform to the MediaCentral UX v2.1 password strength requirement.
This is a site setting that affects all users except those authenticated through Active Directory.
Enabling this option allows insecure passwords that will put system security at risk.
Avid suggests that if a facility wants to have passwords in sync between multiple systems to set up a Windows Active Directory and synchronize all systems with Active Directory, rather than manually entering passwords in multiple places.
To turn off secure password requirements:
1. Sign in to MediaCentral UX as an administrator and select Users from the Layout selector.
2. In the user tree, double-click the top-level group (Users).
3. In the right-hand column of the Details pane, select Allow Weak Passwords.
4. Click Apply.