Configuring Password Control; Enabling Password Control - HP A6600 Configuration Manual

Task

Enabling password control

Setting global password control parameters
Setting user group password control parameters
Setting local user password control parameters
Setting super password control parameters
Setting a local user password in interactive mode

Configuring password control

Enabling password control
To enable password control functions, you must do the following:
Enable the password control feature in system view. Password control configurations take effect
1.
only after the password control feature is enabled globally.
Enable password control functions. Some password control functions must be enabled individually
2.
after the password control feature is enabled globally. These functions include the following:
Password aging
Minimum password length
Password history
Password composition checking
You must enable a function for its relevant configurations to take effect.
To enable password control:
To do...
1. Enter system view.
2. Enable the password control
feature.
3. Enable a password control
function individually.
NOTE:
After global password control is enabled, local user passwords configured on the router are not
displayed when you use the corresponding display command.
Command...
system-view
password-control enable
password-control { aging |
composition | history | length }
enable
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Remarks
Required
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Remarks
—
Required.
Disabled by default.
Optional.
All password control functions are
enabled by default.