Setting Super Password Control Parameters; Setting A Local User Password In Interactive Mode - HP 12500 Series Configuration Manual

Step
4. Configure the minimum
password length for the local
user.
5. Configure the password
composition policy for the
local user.

Setting super password control parameters

CLI commands fall into four levels: visit, monitor, system, and manage, in ascending order. Accordingly,
login users fall into four levels, each corresponding to a command level. A user of a certain level can only
use the commands at that level or lower levels.
To switch from a lower user level to a higher one, a user needs to enter a password for authentication.
This password is called a super password. For details on super passwords, see Fundamentals
Configuration Guide.
To set super password control parameters:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Set the password aging time
for super passwords.
3. Configure the minimum length
for super passwords.
Configure the password
4.
composition policy for super
passwords.

Setting a local user password in interactive mode

You can set a password for a local user in interactive mode. When doing so, you need to confirm the
password.
Command
password-control length length
password-control composition
type-number type-number
[ type-length type-length ]
Command
system-view
password-control super aging
aging-time
password-control super length
length
password-control super
composition type-number
type-number [ type-length
type-length ]
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Remarks
Optional.
By default, the setting equals that
for the user group to which the
local user belongs. If no minimum
password length is configured for
the user group, the global setting
applies to the local user.
Optional.
By default, the settings equal those
for the user group to which the
local user belongs. If no password
composition policy is configured
for the user group, the global
settings apply to the local user.
Remarks
N/A
Optional.
By default, the super password
aging time is the same as the
global password aging time.
Optional.
By default, the minimum super
password length is the same as the
global minimum password length.
Optional.
By default, the super password
composition policy is the same as
the global password composition
policy both in non-FIPS mode and
FIPS mode.