Notebook PSA password complexity

TimoT

I have Notebook Server installed via Cloud Builder for Azure.

I'm looking to change the PSA password. It doesn't look like you can do so through Notebook Server Manager unlike other ArcGIS Server types.

I've found a way to do it with PasswordReset.bat tool, but came across a password complexity restriction that doesn't exist on other ArcGIS Servers when using this tool.

• The 'newPassword' field can only have the numbers 0-9, the ASCII letters a-z, A-Z and the dot character (.).

Just wanted to know what the reason is for this password complexity difference on Notebook Server as this doesn't align with my organisation's security policy.

Timo

Aled Wyn Jones

Hi @TimoT ,

In my experience, the reason for the difference is due to cmd line escape characters and I've found including certain special characters (^ in particular) to be problematic

The .bat tools to reset passwords uses cmd line as an interpreter and that's why I believe Cloud Builder gives you these restrictions to avoid those issues. 

When using the passwordReset.bat tool - you aren't restricted to certain special characters, only those that cmd line use as escape characters.

There's info here on how to escape them, although I've never got it to work:

https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-esc.html