3097454 - Can character strings of user ID be included in the user's password?

Symptom

This note will introduce the information about similarity between password and user ID.

Typical question:Can character strings of user name be included in ABAP user's password?

Environment

SAP Netweaver Systems

SAP R/3 Systems

Product

SAP NetWeaver 2004 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.1 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.2 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.4 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.5 ; SAP R/3 4.6C ; SAP S/4HANA 1909 ; SAP S/4HANA 2020 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0

Keywords

password, character string, rules, including user ID, same oder , KBA , BC-SEC-LGN , Authentication , BC-SEC-USR-ADM , Users and Authorization administration , How To

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