Nortel Networks NN43001-315 - Manual (Page 110)

110 CS 1000 on Linux base
Note 2: To log in directly as root you must log in through the COM1
console.
•
sysadmin: The user account designated for debugging and
maintenance. This account is intended for Nortel support.
• nortel: The user account for the basic Linux base operation, including
patching and application installation. For a list of CLI commands that
can be invoked by nortel, see
“ Nortel Linux base CLI commands”
(page 139) .
Note 1: If you log in as root or nortel and your account is inactive for 15
minutes, you will automatically be logged out.
Note 2: A nortel or sysadmin user account (except root) that makes
three successive incorrect logon attempts will be locked for up to 1 hour.
Passwords
The following regulations govern the use of passwords:
Password Policy
• System-level passwords (for example, application administration
account passwords) expire after three months.
• A new password must differ from the previous three passwords.
Password creation guidelines
Passwords must meet the following criteria:
•
Passwords must contain both uppercase and lowercase letters.
•
In addition to letters, passwords must use numeric digits (0 to 9) and
special characters (!@#$%^&*()_+|~-=\‘{}[]:";’&;<>?,./).
• The password must contain at least eight alphanumeric characters.
• The password cannot be a word in the English language as defined in
the Linux Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) module.
•
Passwords cannot use discernible character patterns such as abcdef
or 123123.
•
Passwords cannot use the backward spelling of a word.
•
Passwords cannot be an English language word (as defined in the
Linux PAM module) preceded or followed by a digit. For example,
1secret or secret1.
• You can change your password by using the passwd CLI command.
Nortel Communication Server 1000
Linux Platform Base and Applications Installation and Commissioning
NN43001-315 02.09
29 October 2008
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