Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6800 Series Management Manual page 183

Managing Switch User Accounts
3
Enter the desired password. The system then displays a prompt to verify the password.
-> password
enter old password:********
enter new password: *********
reenter new password:
4 Enter the password again.
-> password
enter old password:********
enter new password: *********
reenter new password: *********
->
The password is now reset for the current user. At the next switch login, the user must enter the new pass-
word.
Note. A new password cannot be identical to the current password; it cannot be identical to any of the
three passwords that preceded the current password. Also, the exclamation point (!) is not a valid pass-
word character and specifying an asterisk (*) as one or more characters in a password is allowed as long as
every character is not an asterisk. For example, password **123456** is allowed; password ******** is
not allowed.
OmniSwitch 6800/6850/9000 Switch Management Guide December 2007
Creating a User
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