Passwords - Nortel 1000 Applications Installation And Commissioning

110 CS 1000 on Linux base
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Passwords

The following regulations govern the use of passwords:
Password Policy
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Password creation guidelines
Passwords must meet the following criteria:
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Linux Platform Base and Applications Installation and Commissioning
Copyright © 2007–2008 Nortel Networks
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Note 2:
To log in directly as root you must log in through the COM1
console.
sysadmin: The user account designated for debugging and
maintenance. This account is intended for Nortel support.
nortel: The user account for the basic Linux base operation, including
patching and application installation. For a list of CLI commands that
can be invoked by nortel, see
(page 139).
Note 1:
If you log in as root or nortel and your account is inactive for 15
minutes, you will automatically be logged out.
Note 2:
A nortel or sysadmin user account (except root) that makes
three successive incorrect logon attempts will be locked for up to 1 hour.
System-level passwords (for example, application administration
account passwords) expire after three months.
A new password must differ from the previous three passwords.
Passwords must contain both uppercase and lowercase letters.
In addition to letters, passwords must use numeric digits (0 to 9) and
special characters (!@#$%^&*()_+|~-=\'{}[]:";'&;<>?,./).
The password must contain at least eight alphanumeric characters.
The password cannot be a word in the English language as defined in
the Linux Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) module.
Passwords cannot use discernible character patterns such as abcdef
or 123123.
Passwords cannot use the backward spelling of a word.
Passwords cannot be an English language word (as defined in the
Linux PAM module) preceded or followed by a digit. For example,
1secret or secret1.
You can change your password by using the passwd CLI command.
Nortel Communication Server 1000
NN43001-315 02.09
29 October 2008
" Nortel Linux base CLI commands"