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Task Remarks
Setting super password control parameters
Optional
Setting a local user password in interactive mode
Optional
Enabling password control
To enable password control functions, you must do the following:
1.
Enable the password control feature in system view. Password control configurations take effect
only after the password control feature is enabled globally.
2.
Enable password control functions. Some password control functions must be enabled individually
after the password control feature is enabled globally. These functions include:
•
Password aging
•
Minimum password length
•
Password history
•
Password composition checking
You must enable a function for its relevant configurations to take effect.
To enable password control:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
—
2.
Enable the password control
feature.
password-control
enable
Required.
Disabled by default.
3.
Enable a password control
function individually.
password-control
{
aging
|
composition
|
history
|
length
}
enable
Optional.
All password control functions are
enabled by default.
After global password control is enabled, local user passwords configured on the device are not
displayed when you use the corresponding
display
command.
Setting global password control parameters
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
—
2.
Set the password aging time.
password-control aging
aging-time
Optional.
90 days by default.
3.
Set the minimum password
update interval.
password-control password
update interval
interval
Optional.
24 hours by default.
4.
Set the minimum password
length.
password-control length
length
Optional.
10 characters by default.
