Hirschmann GREYHOUND GRS1020, Reference Manual

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Access to the device
3.2 User management
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UM Config GRS
Release 8.0 09/2019
3.2.7 Adjusting policies for passwords
The device lets you check whether the passwords for the user accounts adhere to the specified
policy. When the passwords adhere to the policy, you obtain a higher level of complexity for the
passwords.
The user management of the device lets you activate or deactivate the check separately in each
user account. When you mark the checkbox and the new password fulfills the requirements of the
policy, the device accepts the password change.
In the default settings, practical values for the policy are set up in the device. You have the option
of adjusting the policy to meet your requirements.
Perform the following steps:

Adjust the policy for passwords to meet your requirements.

Open the Device Security > User Management dialog.
In the Configuration frame you specify the number user login attempts before the device locks
out the user. You also specify the minimum number of characters that defines a password.

Specify the values to meet your requirements.

You specify the number of times that a user attempts to log on to the device in the Login
attempts field. The field lets you define this value in the range 0..5 .
In the above example, the value 0 deactivates the function.

The Min. password length field lets you enter values in the range 1..64 .
The dialog displays the policy set up in the Password policy frame.

Adjust the values to meet your requirements.

Values in the range 1 through 16 are allowed.
The value 0 deactivates the relevant policy.
To apply the entries specified in the Configuration and Password policy frames, mark the
checkbox in the Policy check column for a particular user.

To save the changes temporarily, click the button.
enable Change to the Privileged EXEC mode.
configure Change to the Configuration mode.
passwords min-length 6 Specifies the policy for the minimum length of the
password.
passwords min
-
lowercase
-
chars 1 Specifies the policy for the minimum number of
lower-case letters in the password.
passwords min
-
numeric
-
chars 1 Specifies the policy for the minimum number of
digits in the password.
passwords min
-
special
-
chars 1 Specifies the policy for the minimum number of
special characters in the password.
passwords min
-
uppercase
-
chars 1 Specifies the policy for the minimum number of
upper-case letters in the password.
show passwords Displays the policies that are set up.
save Save the settings in the non-volatile memory (
nvm
)
in the “selected” configuration profile.