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passwdCfg
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A failed login attempt counter is maintained for each user on each switch instance. The counters for all
user accounts are reset to zero when the account lockout policy is enabled. The counter for an individual
account is reset to zero when the account is unlocked after the lock-out duration period expires.
NOTES
The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in
place. Refer to Chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for
details.
OPERANDS
This command takes as input an operand and its associated arguments. When invoked without
operands, the command prints the usage.
--showall
Displays all the password configuration parameters.
--set
Configures a specified password policy. The following arguments are supported:
-lowercase value
Specifies the minimum number of lowercase alphabetic characters that must
occur in the password. The default value is 0. The maximum value must be less
than or equal to the
-minlength value .
-uppercase value
Specifies the minimum number of uppercase alphabetic characters that must
occur in the password. The default value is 0. The maximum value must be less
than or equal to the
-minlength value .
-digits value
Specifies the minimum number of numeric digits that must occur in the password.
The default value is 0. The maximum value must be less than or equal to the
-minlength value .
-punctuation value
Specifies the minimum number of punctuation characters that must occur in the
password. All displayable, non-alphanumeric punctuation characters, except the
colon (:), are allowed. The default value is 0. The maximum value must be less
than or equal to the
-minlength value .
-minlength value
Specifies the minimum length of the password. The minimum can be set
anywhere between 8 and 40 characters. The default value is 8. The total of
-lowercase , -uppercase , -digits , -punctuation must be less than or equal to
-minlength value .
-history value
Specifies the number of past password values that are disallowed when setting a
new password. A value of 1 to 24 can be specified. The default value is 1.
-minpasswordage value
Specifies the minimum number of days that must elapse before a password can
be changed.
-minpasswordage can be set at 0 to 999. The default value is 0.
Setting this parameter to a nonzero value discourages a user from rapidly
changing a password in order to defeat the password history setting to reuse a
recently used password. The
minpasswordage policy is not enforced when an
administrator changes the password for another user.