About Users - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 39 Configuring Users and Common Roles
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The password should have the strong characteristics, such as the following:
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The following are examples of strong passwords:
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Note Clear test passwords can only contain alphanumeric characters. Special characters such as the dollar sign
($) or the percent sign (%) are not allowed.
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About Users

The passphrase specified in the snmp-server user option and the password specified username option
are synchronized (see the
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By default, the user account does not expire unless you explicitly configure it to expire. The expire
option determines the date on which the user account is disabled. The date is specified in the
YYYY-MM-DD format.
The following words are reserved and cannot be used to configure users: bin, daemon, adm, lp, sync,
Tip
shutdown, halt, mail, news, uucp, operator, games, gopher, ftp, nobody, nscd, mailnull, rpc, rpcuser, xfs,
gdm, mtsuser, ftpuser, man, and sys.
User passwords are not displayed in the switch configuration file.
Note
Tip If a password is trivial (short, easy-to-decipher), your password configuration is rejected. Be sure to
configure a strong password as shown in the sample configuration. Passwords are case-sensitive.
"admin" is no longer the default password for any Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch. You must explicitly
configure a strong password.
OL-8007-10, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Are at least eight characters long
Not contain many consecutive characters (such as "abcd")
Not contain many repeating characters (such as "aaabbb")
Not contain dictionary words
Contain both upper- and lowercase characters
Contain numbers
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About Users, page 39-11
Configuring Users, page 39-12
Deleting a User, page 39-14
Displaying User Account Information, page 39-14
"SNMPv3 CLI User Management and AAA Integration" section on
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
User Accounts
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