Passwords Min-Length - Dell PowerConnect 3424 Cli Reference Manual

Default Configuration
No user is defined.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
• User account can be created without a password.
Example
The following example configures user bob with password lee and user level 15 to the system.
Console(config)# username bob password lee level 15

passwords min-length

The passwords min-length Global Configuration mode command sets the minimum length
required for passwords in the local database. To remove the minimum password length
requirement, use the no form of this command.
Syntax
passwords min-length length
no passwords min-length
• length — The minimum length required for passwords. (Range: 8-64 characters)
Default Configuration
No minimum password length.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
• Relevant to local user passwords, line passwords, and enable passwords.
• The software checks the password length when an unencrypted password is defined or a user
enters an unencrypted password when logging in.
NOTE:
The length of encrypted passwords is only checked when the user logs in. Similarly, the length of
passwords that were defined before the minimum password length requirement was configured are
checked only when the user logs in.
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