Username and Password Requirements

The following table lists the valid characters that can be used in usernames and passwords for PAN-OS and Panorama accounts.

Account Type	Username and Password Restrictions
Password Character Set	There are no restrictions on any password field character sets.
Remote Admin, SSL-VPN, or Authentication Portal	The following characters are not allowed for the username: • Backtick (`) • Angular brackets (< and >) • Ampersand (&) • Asterisk (*) • At sign (@) • Question mark (?) • Pipe (|) • Single-Quote (‘) • Semicolon (;) • Double-Quote (") • Dollar ($) • Parentheses ( '(' and ')' ) • Colon (':')
Local Administrator Accounts	The following are the allowed characters for local usernames: • Lowercase (a-z) • Uppercase (A-Z) • Numeric (0-9) • Underscore (_) • Period (.) • Hyphen (-) CAUTION:  Login names cannot start with a hyphen (-). Administrator usernames cannot consist of numbers only. They must include at least one alphabetical character or one legal symbol character. For example, 1234_567, 1234a789_, and c7897432 are valid usernames. 12345678 is not a valid username.
Local Administrator Passwords	Commonly used words and phrases are not allowed as passwords, regardless of any combination of upper and lower case letters. Note:  Examples of commonly used words and phrases include Admin, password, PASSWORD, letmein, pa55word, QwErTy, and q1w2e3r4.

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