H3C S9500 Series Operation Manual page 1195

Operation Manual – Password Control
H3C S9500 Series Routing Switches
Once the system administrator manually removes locked users from the blacklist,
these user are unlocked and can log in to the switch again.
Follow these steps to configure the maximum number of login attempts and the
processing mode for failed login attempts:
Enter system view
Configure the maximum
number of attempts of
entering a password
Configure the processing
mode for failed login
attempts
View information of users
added to the blacklist
Remove a user or users
from the blacklist
1.2.6 Configuring the Maximum Number of History Password Records
When a password used to log in to the system expires, the system will ask the user to
enter a new password and will automatically save the password. You can configure the
maximum number of history records allowable for each user. The purpose is to prevent
users from using a single password or repeated passwords, thus enhancing the
security.
Follow these steps to configure the maximum number of history password records:
Enter system view
Configure the
maximum number of
history password
records
To do...
system-view
password-control
login-attempt login-times
password-control
login-attempt
attempt-time exceed
{ lock | unlock | locktime
time }
display
password-control
blacklist
reset password-control
blacklist [ username
username ]
To do... Use the command...
system-view
password-control
history max-record-num
Chapter 1 Password Control Configuration
Use the command...
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Remarks
—
The value range of the
maximum attempts of
entering a password is 2
to 10; the default value is
3.
By default, the system will
still allow the user to try to
log in again after a failed
login attempt.
display can be carried out
in any view
If the command is carried
out without username, all
users will be removed
from the blacklist
If the command is carried
out with username, the
specified user will be
removed from the blacklist
Remarks
—
The value range of
maximum number of history
password records is 2 to 10,
and the default value is 4