Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual page 153

Requiring users to accept the message of the day
If a message of the day (MOTD) is configured, a user can be required to press the "Enter" key before
he or she can login. To enable this requirement, enter the command as shown.
BigIron RX(config)# banner motd require-enter-key
Syntax: [no] banner motd require-enter-key
Locking out user accounts after three login attempts
A user has three login attempts. If he or she fails to login after the third attempt, that his or her
account is locked out (disabled). To re-enable the user account, do one of the following:
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BigIron RX(config)# username sandy enable
Syntax: [no] username <name> enable
The <name> variable specifies the user account to be enabled.
Retaining password history
The last 15 passwords used for a user account is retained in the CLI. A user cannot reuse any of
these passwords. This is for security purposes so that users do not use the same passwords
multiple times.
Setting passwords to expire
You can set a user password to expire. Once a password expires, the administrator must assign a
new password to the user.
To set a user password to expire, enter the following.
BigIron RX(config)# enable strict-password-enforcement
BigIron RX(config)# username sandy expires 20
Syntax: [no] username <name> expires <days>
The <name> variable specifies the user that the expiration time is applied to.
The <days> variable specifies the number of days before the password expires. Enter 1 – 365
days. The default is 90 days.
NOTE
The enable strict-password-enforcement command must be enabled before this command is
configured. Otherwise, the following message is displayed:
only if strict-password-enforcement is set".
Issue the show user command to display the password expiration date, as shown in bold in the
following.
BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide
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Reboot the device to re-enable all disabled users.
Enable the user account by entering the following command.
Setting up local user accounts
"Password expire time is enabled
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