Brocade BigIron RX Series Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 78)

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Assigning passwords
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NOTE
When you upgrade to Release 02.2.01 or later, the old passwords are still valid; however, users must
change their passwords to follow the new format to take advantage of this password enhancement.
There are no new CLI commands for this feature.
Login lockout
The CLI provides up to three login attempts. If a user fails to login after three attempts, that user is
locked out (disabled). To re-enable the user, do one of the following:
• Rebooting the BigIron RX to re-enable all disabled users.
• Enable the user by entering the following command:
BigIron RX(config)# username sandy enable [Enter]
For example:
Syntax: username <name> enable [Enter]
Password history
The CLI will keep the last 15 passwords used by the user. A user will be prevented from changing
their password to one that has already been used. This is for security purposes so that users do not
use the same passwords multiple times.
Setting passwords to expire
You can set a user password to expire. Once a password expires, the administrator must assign a
new password to the user. To configure a user password to expire, enter the following:
BigIron RX(config)# username sandy expires 20
Syntax: username <name> expires <days>
Enter 1 – 365 for number of days. The default is 90 days.
SSH@BigIron RX(config)# user sandy enable
SSH@BigIron RX(config)# show user
Username Password Encrypt Priv Status Expire Time
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sandy $1$Gz...uX/$wQ44fVGtsqbKWkQknzAZ6. enabled 0 enabled 90 days