Event ID - 8243

Event Id	8243
Source	Microsoft-Windows-IDMU-Psync
Description	Password on UNIX side requires more characters. %ruser = %1 %rhost = %2
Event Information	According to Microsoft : Cause : This event is logged when password on UNIX side requires more characters. Resolution : Check best practices for Password Synchronization This error typically originates in the UNIX environment. Make certain that Password Synchronization has been configured in accordance with guidelines in Best practices for Password Synchronization, an excerpt of which follows in this topic. In particular, password policies in both the Windows and UNIX environments should have similar restrictions, and minimum requirements for character length and complexity of passwords should be as closely matched as possible. Best Practices for Password Synchronization Ensure consistent password policies If you are providing only for one-way password synchronization, make sure that the password policy on the computer from which passwords will be synchronized is at least as restrictive in all areas as the policy on the computer to which passwords will by synchronized. For example, if you configure Windows-to-UNIX synchronization, the Windows password policy must be at least as restrictive as the policy of the UNIX computers with which it will synchronize passwords. If you are supporting two-way synchronization, the password policies must be equally restrictive on both systems. Failure to ensure that password policies are consistent can result in synchronization failure when a user changes a password on the less restrictive system, or the password might be changed on the more restrictive system even though it does not conform to the system's policies. Also make sure that Windows users are aware of any special password restrictions on the UNIX systems with which their passwords will be synchronized. For example, some versions of UNIX support a maximum password length of eight characters. For maximum compatibility with the default Windows password policy and these UNIX limitations, passwords should be seven or eight characters long unless you are sure that all UNIX systems can support longer passwords. Verify : Retry Windows to UNIX password synchronization for any failed user password change attempts to verify that Password Synchronization is operating normally. Password Synchronization is operating normally when password synchronization succeeds and is operating under warning conditions if synchronization fails for some passwords but succeeds for others. If password synchronization succeeds for some passwords but fails for others, Windows to UNIX Password Synchronization Configuration is likely fully operational, but there might be account- or computer-specific configuration problems preventing password changes from being synchronized on UNIX-based hosts.
Reference Links	Event ID 8243 from Microsoft-Windows-IDMU-Psync

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