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

Table 97 Account/password characteristics matrix (continued)
Topic
Does a user need to know the
old passwords when
changing passwords using
the passwd command?
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 98 describes the expected password prompting behaviors of various Fabric OS versions.
Table 98

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?
466 Understanding legacy password behavior
4.0.0 4.1.0 to 4.2.0
Yes, except when Old password is
the root user required only when
changes another changing password for
user's password. the same level user
This is standard password. Changing
UNIX behavior; password for lower level
Fabric OS does not user does not require
enforce any old password. For
additional security. example, users connect
as admin; old admin
password is required to
change the admin
password. But old user
password is not
required to change the
user password.
Yes, but will ask for Yes; if users connect as
the old password of admin, they can change
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 enter Ctrl-c to
get out of password
prompting.
Yes in 4.0.0
No in 4.0.2 only
Yes
4.4.0 and later
4.4.0 to 5.1.0 only:
Old password is
required only when
changing password for
the same level user
password. Changing
password for lower level
user does not require old
password. For example,
users connect as admin;
old admin password is
required to change the
admin password. But old
user password is not
required to change the
user password.
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 enter Ctrl-c to
get out of password
prompting.
No
Yes