Configuring Password Composition Policies - 3Com E4500-24 Cli Configuration Manual

Table 1-9 Configure the timeout time for users to be authenticated
Operation
Enter system view
Configure the timeout time
for users to be
authenticated

Configuring Password Composition Policies

A password can be combination of characters from the following four categories: letters A to Z, a to z,
number 0 to 9, and 32 special characters of space and ~`!@#$%^&*()_+-={}|[]\:";'<>,./.
Depending on the system security requirements, the administrator can set the minimum number of
categories a password should contain and the minimum number of characters in each category.
Password combination falls into four levels: 1, 2, 3, and 4, each representing the number of categories
that a password should at least contain. Level 1 means that a password must contain characters of one
category, level 2 at least two categories, level 3 three categories, and level 4 four categories.
When you set or modify a password, the system will check if the password satisfies the component
requirement. If not, an error message will occur.
Table 1-10 Configure password composition policy
Operation
Enter system view
Enable the password
composition check function
Configure the password
composition policy, globally
Configure the password
composition policy for a super
password
Create a local user or enter
local user view
Command
system-view
password-control
authentication-timeout
authentication-timeout
Command
system-view
password-control
composition enable
password-control
composition type-number
policy-type [ type-length
type-length ]
password-control super
composition type-number
policy-type [ type-length
type-length ]
local-user user-name
1-9
Description
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Optional
By default, it is 60 seconds.
Description
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Optional
By default, the password
composition check function is
enabled.
Optional
By default, the minimum number
of types a password should
contain is 1 and the minimum
number of characters of each
type is 1.
Optional
By default, the minimum number
of types a password should
contain is 1 and the minimum
number of characters of each
type is 1.
If the type-length is not specified,
the global type-length is used.
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