Password Prompting Behaviors; Password Prompting Matrix - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base User Manual

Table 48 Account and password characteristics matrix (continued)
Characteristic
Can passwd change
higher-level
passwords? For
example, can admin
change root
password?
Can API change
passwords?
Can Advanced Web
Tools change
passwords?
Can SNMP change
passwords?

Password prompting behaviors

Table 49 describes the expected password prompting behaviors of various Fabric OS versions.

Password prompting matrix

Table 49
Issue
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?
234 Understanding legacy password behavior
Version 4.0.0 Versions 4.1.0 to 4.2.0
Yes, but you must Yes; if users connect as
supply the old admin, they can change
password of the the root, factory, and
higher-level account admin passwords.
(example root). However, if one connects
as user, one can change
only the user password.
Yes, only for admin. Yes, only for admin.
No No
No No
Version 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 are prompted for
change. The accounts with
non-default password are
not prompted.
No, users can press Ctrl-c to
get out of password
prompting.
Yes in 4.0.0
*No in 4.0.2 only [*Users
do not need to know the old
root password if they are
running Fabric OS 4.0.2
only.].
Yes
Yes
No
Versions 4.4.0 to 5.0.1
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
Version 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 are
prompted for change. The
accounts with non-default
password are not prompted.
No, users can press Ctrl-c to
get out of password prompting.
No
Yes
Yes
Yes