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Password Commands
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Description This command configures the number of days a user password is valid before the user must change
their password. This parameter can be used to force the user to change the password at the configured
interval.
The no form of the command reverts to the default value.
Default
No aging is enforced.
Parameters
days — The maximum number of days the password is valid.
Values
1 — 500
attempts
Syntax attempts count [ time minutes1 [ lockout minutes2 ]
no attempts
Context config>system>security>password
Description
This command configures a threshold value of unsuccessful login attempts allowed in a specified
time frame.
If the threshold is exceeded, the user is locked out for a specified time period.
If multiple attempts commands are entered, each command overwrites the previously entered com-
mand.
The no attempts command resets all values to default.
Default count : 3
time minutes : 5
lockout minutes : 10
Parameters count — The number of unsuccessful login attempts allowed for the specified time . This is a
mandatory value that must be explicitly entered.
Values 1 — 64
time minutes — The period of time, in minutes, that a specified number of unsuccessful attempts can
be made before the user is locked out.
Values 0 — 60
lockout minutes — The lockout period in minutes where the user is not allowed to login. Allowed
values are decimal integers.
Values 0 — 1440
When the user exceeds the attempted count times in the specified time, then that user is locked
out from any further login attempts for the configured time period.
Default 10
Values 0 — 1440