Configuring Password Control; Overview; Password Setting - H3C S5830V2 Security Configuration Manual

Configuring password control

Overview

Password control refers to a set of functions provided by the device to manage login and super password
setup, expirations, and updates for device management users, and to control user login status based on
predefined policies.
Local users are divided into two types: device management users and network access users. This feature
applies only to device management users. For more information about local users, see
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Password setting

Minimum password length
You can define the minimum length of user passwords. If a user enters a password that is shorter than the
minimum length, the system rejects the password.
Password composition policy
A password can be a combination of characters from the following types:
Uppercase letters A to Z.
•
Lowercase letters a to z.
•
Digits 0 to 9.
•
• Special characters. For information about special characters, see the password-control composition
command in Security Command Reference.
Depending on the system's security requirements, you can set the minimum number of character types a
password must contain and the minimum number of characters for each type as shown in
Table 7 Password composition policy
Password combination
level
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
In non-FIPS mode, all the combination levels are available for a password. In FIPS mode, only the level
4 combination is available for a password.
When a user sets or changes a password, the system checks if the password meets the combination
requirement. If the password does not meet the requirement, the operation fails.
Minimum number of
character types
One
Two
Three
Four
104
Minimum number of characters for
each type
One
One
One
One
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