Setting User Group Password Control Parameters - HP 5120 EI Switch Series Configuration Manual

To do...
Set the minimum password
update interval
Set the minimum password length
Configure the password
composition policy
Configure the password
complexity checking policy
Set the maximum number of
history password records for each
user
Specify the maximum number of
login attempts and the action to
be taken when a user fails to log
in after the specified number of
attempts
Set the number of days during
which the user is warned of the
pending password expiration
Set the maximum number of days
and maximum number of times
that a user can log in after the
password expires
Set the authentication timeout time
Set the maximum account idle
time
CAUTION:
The specified action to be taken after a user fails to log in for the specified number of attempts takes
effect immediately, and can affect the users already in the blacklist. Other configurations take effect
only for users logging in later and passwords configured later.

Setting user group password control parameters

Follow these steps to set password control parameters for a user group:
Use the command...
password-control password
update interval interval
password-control length length
password-control composition
type-number policy-type [ type-
length type-length ]
password-control complexity {
same-character | user-name }
check
password-control history max-
record-num
password-control login-attempt
login-times [ exceed { lock |
unlock | lock-time time | unlock }
]
password-control alert-before-
expire alert-time
password-control expired-user-
login delay delay times times
password-control authentication-
timeout authentication-timeout
password-control login idle-time
idle-time
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Remarks
Optional
24 hours by default
Optional
10 characters by default
Optional
By default, the minimum number
of password composition types is
1 and the minimum number of
characters of a password
composition type is 1 too.
Optional
By default, the system does not
perform password complexity
checking.
Optional
4 by default
Optional
By default, the maximum number
of login attempts is 3 and a user
failing to log in after the specified
number of attempts must wait for
one minute before trying again.
Optional
7 days by default
Optional
By default, a user can log in three
times within 30 days after the
password expires.
Optional
60 seconds by default
Optional
90 days by default