Password Control - HPE OfficeConnect 1950 Series User Manual

Password control

Password control allows you to implement the following features:
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Manage login and super password setup, expirations, and updates for device management
users.
•
Control user login status based on predefined policies.
Local users are divided into device management users and network access users. This feature
applies only to device management users.
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. See
Table 11 Special characters
Character name
Ampersand sign
Asterisk
Back quote
Blank space
Colon
Dollar sign
Equal sign
Left angle bracket
Left bracket
Minus sign
Plus sign
Quotation marks
Right brace
Right parenthesis
Slash
Underscore
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 12.
Table 11.
Symbol
&
*
`
N/A
:
$
=
<
[
-
+
"
}
)
/
_
22
Character name
Apostrophe
At sign
Back slash
Caret
Comma
Dot
Exclamation point
Left brace
Left parenthesis
Percent sign
Pound sign
Right angle bracket
Right bracket
Semi-colon
Tilde
Vertical bar
Symbol
'
@
\
^
,
.
!
{
(
%
#
>
]
;
~
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