D Understanding Legacy Password Behavior; Password Management Information; Account And Password Characteristics Matrix - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base User Manual

D Understanding legacy password behavior
The following sections provide password information for early versions of Fabric OS firmware.

Password management information

Table 48 describes the password standards and behaviors between various versions of firmware.
Table 48

Account and password characteristics matrix

Characteristic
Number of default
accounts on the switch
Default account names
Maximum and
minimum amount of
characters for a
password
Can different switch
instances use a
different password for
the same account login
level? For example,
can the password for
admin for switch 0 be
different from the
password for admin
for switch 1?
Does the root account
use restricted shell?
When connecting to a
factory-installed switch,
do you use the default
passwords?
Does a user need to
know the old
passwords when
changing passwords
using the passwd
command?
Version 4.0.0 Versions 4.1.0 to 4.2.0
4, chassis-based Core Switch 2/64—8 for
the chassis, 4 per switch
SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN
Switch 2/16V, SAN
Switch 2/32, SAN
Director 2/128—4
root, factory, admin, root, factory, admin, user
user
0–8 (Standard UNIX) 8–40 characters with
printable ASCII
No Yes for Core Switch 2/64.
N/A for all other switches.
No No
Yes Yes
Yes, except when the The old password is
root user changes required only when
another user's changing the password for
password. This is the same level of user
standard UNIX password. Changing the
behavior; Fabric OS password for a lower-level
does not enforce any user does not require the
additional security. old password. For
example, when users
connect as admin, the old
admin password is
required to change the
admin password, but the
old user password is not
required to change the user
password.
Versions 4.4.0 to 5.0.1
Core Switch 2/64—8 for the
chassis, 4 per switch
SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN
Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch
2/32, and SAN Switch
4/32, and SAN Director
2/128—4
root, factory, admin, user
8–40 characters with
printable ASCII
Yes for Core Switch 2/64.
N/A for all other switches.
No
Yes
The old password is required
only when changing the
password for the same level
of user password. Changing
the password for a
lower-level user does not
require the old password.
For example, when users
connect as admin, the old
admin password is required
to change the admin
password, but the old user
password is not required to
change the user password.
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