set system password
require‐at‐creation
allow‐duplicates
substring‐match‐
len #ofChars
allow‐repeating‐
chars
change‐first‐login
change‐frequency
minutes
Defaults
aging = disable
history = 0 passwords
length = 8 characters
min‐required‐chars = 0 characters for all cases
require‐at‐creation = No. Password is not required at user account creation.
allow‐duplicates = Yes. Multiple accounts may use the same password.
substring‐match‐len = 0 characters.
allow‐repeating‐chars = Yes. Consecutive use of the same character in a password is allowed.
change‐first‐login = No. The password does not have to be changed upon first login.
change‐frequency = 0 minutes.
Mode
Switch command. Super User.
Usage
The set of special characters recognized by this command is: !@#$%^&*()‐=[]\;?,./`.
Specifies whether a password is required at the time of user account
creation:
• yes ‐ Password is required when creating a user account
• no ‐ Password is not required when creating a user account
Specifies whether multiple accounts can share the same password:
• yes ‐ Specifies that multiple accounts may share the same password
• no ‐ Specifies that multiple accounts may not share the same
password
Specifies the length of any substring present in a previous password(s)
for this account that may not be used in a new password. Valid values: 0
‐ 40.
Specifies whether the same character may appear consecutively in the
same password:
• yes ‐ specifies that the same character may appear consecutively in a
password
• no ‐ specifies that the same character may not appear consecutively
in a password
Specifies whether new users are required to change their password
upon first login:
• yes ‐ specifies that new users must change the password for this
account upon first login
• no ‐ specifies that new users are not required to change the password
for this account upon first login
Specifies a minimum interval in minutes between password changes
allowed for non‐superusers. Valid values: 0 ‐ 65535.
Enterasys Matrix DFE-Gold Series Configuration Guide 2-21
Setting User Accounts and Passwords