H3C SOHO IE4300, Command Reference Manual

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A device management user does not have a password and can pass authentication after entering the
correct username and passing attribute checks.
In FIPS mode:
A device management user does not have a password and cannot pass authentication.
Views
Device management user view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Parameters
hash
: Specifies a password encrypted by the hash algorithm.
simple
: Specifies a password in plaintext form. For security purposes, the password specified in
plaintext form will be stored in hashed form.
string
: Specifies the password string. This argument is case sensitive. In non-FIPS mode, the
hashed form of the password is a string of 1 to 110 characters. The plaintext form of the password is
a string of 1 to 63 characters. In FIPS mode, the password is in plaintext form and is a string of 15 to
63 characters. The string must contain digits, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and special
characters.
Usage guidelines
If you do not specify any parameters, you enter the interactive mode to set a plaintext password.
In non-FIPS mode, a device management user for which no password is specified can pass
authentication after entering the correct username and passing attribute checks. To enhance security,
configure a password for each device management user.
In FIPS mode, a password is required for a device management user to pass authentication. You
must set the password in interactive mode.
When global password control is enabled, the device handles passwords of device management
users as follows:
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All passwords in the history records are saved in hashed form.
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If a user changes its own password in plaintext form, the system requests the user to enter the
current plaintext password. The new password must be different from all passwords in the
history records and the current password. In addition, the new password must have a minimum
of four characters different from the current password.
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If a user changes the password for another user in plaintext form, the new password must be
different from the latter user's all passwords in the history records and current password.
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If a user deletes its own password, the system requests the user to enter the current plaintext
password.
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Except the above listed situations, the system does not request a user to enter the current
plaintext password or compare the new password with passwords in the history records and the
current password.
Examples
# Set the password to 123456TESTplat&! in plaintext form for device management user user1 .
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] local-user user1 class manage
[Sysname-luser-manage-user1] password simple 123456TESTplat&!
# Configure the password in interactive mode for device management user test .
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] local-user test class manage