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Understanding legacy password behavior

The following sections provide password information for early versions of Fabric OS firmware.

Password management information

Table 48

describes the password standards and behaviors between various versions of firmware.

Table 48

Account and password characteristics matrix

Characteristic

Version 4.0.0

Versions 4.1.0 to 4.2.0

Versions 4.4.0 to 5.0.1

Number of default

accounts on the switch

4, chassis-based

Core Switch 2/64—8 for

the chassis, 4 per switch
SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN

Switch 2/16V, SAN

Switch 2/32, SAN

Director 2/128—4

Core Switch 2/64—8 for the

chassis, 4 per switch
SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN

Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch

2/32, and SAN Switch

4/32, and SAN Director

2/128—4

Default account names root, factory, admin,

user

root, factory, admin, user

root, factory, admin, user

Maximum and

minimum amount of

characters for a

password

0–8 (Standard UNIX)

8–40 characters with

printable ASCII

8–40 characters with

printable ASCII

Can different switch

instances use a

different password for

the same account login

level? For example,

can the password for

admin for switch 0 be

different from the

password for admin

for switch 1?

No

Yes for Core Switch 2/64.
N/A for all other switches.

Yes for Core Switch 2/64.
N/A for all other switches.

Does the root account

use restricted shell?

No

No

No

When connecting to a

factory-installed switch,

do you use the default

passwords?

Yes Yes

Yes

Does a user need to

know the old

passwords when

changing passwords

using the

passwd

command?

Yes, except when the

root user changes

another user’s

password. This is

standard UNIX

behavior; Fabric OS

does not enforce any

additional security.

The old password is

required only when

changing the password for

the same level of user

password. Changing the

password for a lower-level

user does not require the

old password. For

example, when users

connect as admin, the old

admin password is

required to change the

admin password, but the

old user password is not

required to change the user

password.

The old password is required

only when changing the

password for the same level

of user password. Changing

the password for a

lower-level user does not

require the old password.

For example, when users

connect as admin, the old

admin password is required

to change the admin

password, but the old user

password is not required to

change the user password.