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Configuring History
Password Recording
Table 410 Configure the limitation of the minimum password length
Operation
Enable the limitation of
minimum password length
Configure the minimum
password length globally
Configure the minimum
password length for a
super password
Create a local user or enter
local user view
Configure the minimum
password length for the
local user
In this section, you must note the effective range of the same commands when
executed in different views or to different types of passwords:
Global settings in system view apply to all local user passwords and super
■
passwords.
Settings in the local user view apply to the local user password only.
■
Settings on the parameters of the super passwords apply to super passwords
■
only.
The priority of these settings is as follows:
For local user passwords, the settings in local user view override those in system
■
view unless the former are not provided.
For super passwords, the separate settings for super password override those in
■
system view unless the former are not provided.
With this function enabled, when a login password expires, the system requires
the user to input a new password and save the old password automatically. You
can configure the maximum number of history records allowed for each user. The
purpose is to inhibit the users from using one single password or using an old
password for a long time to enhance the security.
Table 411 Configure history password recording
Operation
Enter system view
Enable history password
recording
Configure the maximum
number of the history
password records
Password Control Configuration
Command
password-control length
enable
password-control length length Optional
password-control super length
min-length
local-user user-name
password-control length length Optional
Command
system-view
password-control history
enable
password-control history
max-record-number
559
Description
Optional
By default, the limitation of
minimum password length is
enabled.
By default, the minimum
length is 10 characters.
Optional
By default, the minimum
length is 10 characters.
-
By default, the minimum
length is 10 characters.
Description
-
Optional
By default, history password
recording is enabled.
Optional
By default, the maximum
number is 4.