Password Prompting Behaviors; Password Prompting Matrix - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Table 1 1 1 Account/password characteristics matrix (continued)
Topic
Can passwd change
higher-level passwords? For
example, can admin change
root password?
Can API change passwords?
Can Web Tools change
passwords?
Can SNMP change
passwords?

Password prompting behaviors

Table 1 12 describes the expected password prompting behaviors of various Fabric OS versions.
Table 1 12

Password prompting matrix

Topic
Must all password prompts be completed
for any change to take effect?
When does the password prompt
appear?
Is a user forced to answer password
prompts before getting access to the
firmware?
Do users need to know the old root
password when answering prompting?
Are new passwords forced to be set to
something different than the old
passwords?
Is password prompting disabled when
security mode is enabled?
Is the passwd command disabled until
the user has answered password
prompting?
Does password prompting reappear
when passwords are changed back to the
default using the passwd command?
Does password prompting reappear
when passwords are changed back to the
default using the passwdDefault
command?
496 Understanding legacy password behavior
4.0.0 4.1.0 to 4.2.0
Yes, but will ask for Yes; if users connect as
the "old password" admin, they can change
of the higher-level the root, factory, and
account (example admin passwords.
"root"). However, if one
connects as user, one
can only change the
user password.
Yes, only for admin. Yes, only for admin.
No No
No No
4.0.0
No. Partial changes of all
four passwords are allowed.
When users connect as root,
factory, or admin, the
accounts with default
password will be prompted
for change. The accounts with
non-default password will
NOT be prompted.
No, users can type in Ctrl-c
to get out of password
prompting.
Yes in 4.0.0
No in 4.0.2 only
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
4.4.0 and later
4.4.0 to 5.1.0 only:
Yes, if users connect as
admin, they can change
the root, factory and
admin passwords after
first entering the old
password for the
respective account.
Yes, only for admin.
No
No
4.1.0 and later
No. Partial changes of all
four passwords are allowed.
When users connect as root,
factory, or admin, the
accounts with default
password will be prompted
for change. The accounts with
non-default password will
NOT be prompted.
No, users can type in Ctrl-c
to get out of password
prompting.
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes