Configuring Usernames; Managing Password Length And Contents - Avaya G250 Administration Manual

Configuring usernames

To create a username, use the username command. To remove a username, use the no
username command. To change the password for a username, use the password command.
To change the privilege level for a username, remove the username and add it again. You need
an Admin privilege level to use the username and no username commands.
Note:
When ASG authentication is enabled on the gateway, all password user accounts
Note:
with usernames similar to the reserved Avaya Services logins are deactivated.
The logins are "rasaccess", "sroot", "init", "inads", and "craft". The login "dadmin"
is reserved for an Avaya business partner remote services account, which can be
defined for ASG authentication. For information about ASG authentication, refer
to Authenticating service logins with Access Security Gateway (ASG)
authentication
When you create a new user, you must define the user's password and privilege level. Take
care to enter a password that conforms with the password policies described in
password length and contents
The following example creates a user named John with the password john7Long and a
Read-write privilege level:
(super)# username john password
G350-001
read-write

Managing password length and contents

Use the following commands to control password length and the characters it must include:
Use the login authentication min-password-length command to set the
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minimum password length to between 8 and 31 characters. The default length is
8 characters.
Use the login authentication min-password-digit-chars command to set the
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minimum number of digit characters that a password must contain. The default is 0.
Use the login authentication min-password-lower-chars command to set the
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minimum number of lowercase characters that a password must contain. The default is 1.
Use the login authentication min-password-upper-chars command to set the
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minimum number of uppercase characters that a password must contain. The default is 0.
Use the login authentication min-password-special-chars command to set
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the minimum number of special characters that a password must contain. Special
characters are any printable non-alphanumeric characters except for white characters
(blank or tab), and a double quote ("), which is ascii character 34. The default is 0 special
characters.
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Managing login permissions
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