Configuring The Minimum Password Length; Configuring History Password Recording - 3Com 400 Family Configuration Manual

Configuring the
Minimum Password
Length
Configuring History
Password Recording
CAUTION: After the user updates the password successfully, the switch saves the
old password in a readable file in the flash memory.
CAUTION: The switch does not provide the alert function for super passwords.
CAUTION: The switch does not provide the alert function for FTP passwords. And
when a FTP user logs in with a wrong password, the system just inform the user of
the password error, it does not allow the user to change the password.
This function is used to enable the switch to check the password length when a
password is configured. If the switch finds the input password has a length that
does not meet the limitation condition, it informs the user of this case and requires
the user to input a new password.
Table 337 Configure the Minimum Password Length
Operation
Enter system view
Enable the limitation of
minimum password length
Configure a minimum length
for super passwords
Configure a minimum length
for all user passwords
After History password recording is enabled, when a login password expires, the
system requires the user to input a new password and save the old password
automatically. You can configure the maximum number of history records allowed
for each user. The purpose of this is to inhibit the users from using one single
password for a long time or using an old password that was once used to enhance
the security.
Table 338 Configure History Password Recording
Operation
Enter system view
Enable history password
recording
Configure the maximum
number of the history
password records
CAUTION: When adding a new record but the number of the recorded history
passwords exceeds the configured maximum number, the system replaces the
oldest record of the user with the new one.
CAUTION: When you configure the maximum number of history password
records, if the number of the history password records of a user succeeds your
configuration value, the excessive old records will be lost.
Password Control Configuration
Command
system-view
password-control
length enable
password-control
super length
min-length
password-control
length length
Command
system-view
password-control
history enable
password-control
history
max-record-num
Description
By default, the limitation of
minimum password length is
enabled.
By default, it is 10 characters.
By default, it is 10 characters.
Description
By default, history password
recording is enabled.
By default, the maximum
number is four.
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