2.174 Attribute pwdHistoryLength

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This attribute specifies the number of old passwords to save. See [MS-SAMR] and [MS-ADTS] references for more information on how Active Directory uses this attribute.

 cn: Pwd-History-Length
 ldapDisplayName: pwdHistoryLength
 attributeId: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.95
 attributeSyntax: 2.5.5.9
 omSyntax: 2
 isSingleValued: TRUE
 schemaIdGuid: bf967a09-0de6-11d0-a285-00aa003049e2
 systemOnly: FALSE
 searchFlags: 0
 rangeLower: 0
 rangeUpper: 65535
 attributeSecurityGuid: c7407360-20bf-11d0-a768-00aa006e0529
 systemFlags: FLAG_SCHEMA_BASE_OBJECT
 schemaFlagsEx: FLAG_ATTR_IS_CRITICAL

Version-Specific Behavior: First implemented on Windows 2000 Server operating system.

The schemaFlagsEx attribute was added to this attribute definition in Windows Server 2008 operating system.