Password Policies; Configuring A Password Policy - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

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Password policies

3. In the Selected Products table, select the products or groups you want to remove and click the
4. Click OK to save your work.
5. Click Close to close the Users dialog box.

Password policies

NOTE
You must have User Management Read and Write privileges to configure password policy.
Passwords are an important aspect of computer security. They are the front line of protection for
user accounts. The purpose of the password policy is to establish a standard for the creation of
strong passwords, the protection of those passwords, and the frequency of change.

Configuring a password policy

To configure password policies for all user accounts, complete the following steps.
1. Select Server > Users.
2. Click the Policy tab.
3. Configure the password expiration by completing the following steps.
4. Enter the number of unique passwords you must use before you can reuse a password in the
5. Configure the password format by completing the following steps.
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left arrow button.
Select multiple products or groups by holding down the CTRL key and clicking more than one
item.
The Users dialog box displays.
a. Enter the maximum number of days that can elapse before a password must be changed
by the user in the Password Age field.
Valid values are 0 through 999. The default is 0, which means the policy is disabled.
b. Enter the number of days to warn the user prior to password expiration in the Warning
Period field.
Only enabled when the Password Age value is greater than zero. Valid values are 0 through
998. The default is 0. The Warning Period value must be less than the Password Age
value.
History Count field.
Valid values are 1 through 24. The default is 1. When you update the History Count value, the
current password history is not cleared.
a. Select the Empty Password - Allow check box to allow user accounts to be created or
edited with empty passwords or to allow passwords with any format.
Empty Password is enabled by default.
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