configure account password-policy history
ExtremeWare XOS 11.5 supports only the Summit X450 family of switches and the BlackDiamond 8800 series switch.
ExtremeWare XOS 11.5 Command Reference Guide
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configure account password-policy history
configure account [all | <name>] password-policy history [<num_passwords> |
none]
Description
Configures the switch to verify the specified number of previous passwords for the account. The user is
prevented from changing the password on a user or administrative account to any of these previously
saved passwords.
Syntax Description
Default
N/A.
Usage Guidelines
Use this command to instruct the system to verify new passwords against a list of all previously used
passwords, once an account successfully changes a password. The limit is the number of previous
passwords that the system checks against in the record to verify the new password.
If this parameter is configured, the system returns an error message if a user attempts to change the
password to one that is saved by the system (up to the configured limit) for that account; this applies to
both user and administrative accounts. This also applies to a configured password on the default admin
account on the switch.
The limit of previous passwords that the system checks for previous use is configurable from 1 to 10.
Using the
none
option disables previous password tracking and returns the system to the default state
of no record of previous passwords.
Example
The following command instructs the system to verify that the new password has not been used as a
password in the previous 5 passwords for the account engineering:
configure account engineering password-policy history 5
History
This command was first available in ExtremeWare XOS 11.2.
all
Specifies all accounts (and future users).
name
Specifies an account name.
num_passwords
Specifies the number of previous passwords the system verifies for each
account. The range is 1 to 10 passwords.
none
Resets the system to not remember any previous passwords.
