Enabling Password Control - HP 10500 Series Configuration Manual

Global settings in system view apply to all local user passwords and super passwords.
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• Settings in user group view apply to the passwords of all local users in the user group.
Settings in local user view apply to only the password of the local user.
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Settings for super passwords apply to only super passwords.
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The previous four types of settings have the following priorities:
For local user passwords, the settings with a smaller application range have a higher priority.
For super passwords, the settings configured specifically for super passwords, if any, override
those configured in system view.
To configure password control:
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
Enabling password control
1. Enable the global password control feature in system view.
Password control configurations take effect only after the password control feature is enabled
globally.
2. Enable password control functions individually.
The following password control functions need to be enabled individually after the password
control feature is enabled globally:
Password aging
Minimum password length
Password history
Password composition checking
To enable password control:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enable the global password
control feature.
3. Enable a specific password
control function.
After global password control is enabled, local user passwords configured on the device 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
N/A
By default, the global password
control feature is disabled.
Optional.
All of the four password control
functions are enabled by default.