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Password Management Commands

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Password Strength Definition:

The feature ensures that any password configured on the switch for local

administration purpose is a Strong password and it must conform to each of

the following characteristics:

• Minimum number of uppercase letters.
• Minimum number of lowercase letters.
• Minimum number of numeric characters.
• Minimum number of special characters from the set (`! " ? $ ? % ^ & * ( )

_ - + = { [ } ] : ; @ ' ~ # | \ < , > . ? / ).

• Does not contain the associated login name.
• Maximum number of consecutive characters (such as abcd).
• Maximum number of consecutive numbers (such as 1234).
• Maximum number of repetition of characters or numbers (such as 1111 or

aaaa).

Configuring minimum value of 0 for the above parameters means no

restriction on that set of characters and configuring maximum of 0 means

disabling the restriction (or no limit on the maximum number of course

limited by minimum password length).
The Password strength feature applies to all login passwords (user, line and

enable).

Commands in this Chapter

This chapter explains the following commands for viewing and configuring

properties of passwords:

passwords aging

passwords strength minimum special-

characters