Configure Account Password-Policy History - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare Command Reference Manual

Commands for Accessing the Switch

configure account password-policy history

configure account [all | <name>] password-policy history [<num_passwords> |
none]
Description
Configures the switch to verify the specified number of previous passwords for the account. The user is
prevented from changing the password on a user or administrative account to any of these previously
saved passwords.
Syntax Description
all Specifies all accounts (and future users).
name Specifies an account name.
num_passwords Specifies the number of previous passwords the system verifies for each account. The range
is 1 to 10 passwords.
none Resets the system to not remember any previous passwords.
Default
N/A
Usage Guidelines
Use this command to instruct the system to verify new passwords against a list of all previously used
passwords, once an account successfully changes a password. The limit is the number of previous
passwords that the system checks against in the record to verify the new password.
If this parameter is configured, the system returns an error message if a user attempts to change the
password to one that is saved by the system (up to the configured limit) for that account; this applies to
both user and administrative accounts. This also applies to a configured password on the default admin
account on the switch.
The limit of previous passwords that the system checks for previous use is configurable from 1 to 10.
Using the option disables previous password tracking and returns the system to the default state
none
of no record of previous passwords.
Example
The following command instructs the system to verify that the new password has not been used as a
password in the previous 5 passwords for the account engineering:
configure account engineering password-policy history 5
History
This command was first available in ExtremeWare 7.4.
Platform Availability
This command is available on all platforms.
76 ExtremeWare 7.5 Command Reference Guide