Password Prompting Behaviors - HP AE370A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch 4/12 Administrator's Manual

Password prompting behaviors

Table 95 describes the expected password prompting behaviors of various Fabric OS versions.
Table 95 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 default
using the passwd
command?
Does password prompting
reappear when passwords
are changed back to default
using the passwdDefault
command?
v4.0.0
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 v4.0.0
*No in v4.0.2 only
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
v4.1.0 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
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