HP AE370A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch 4/12, Administrator'S Manual

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Password prompting behaviors
Table 95 describes the expected password prompting behaviors of various Fabric OS versions.
Table 95 Password Prompting Matrix
Topic v4.0.0 v4.1.0 and later
Must all password prompts
be completed for any change
to take effect?
No. Partial changes of all
four passwords are
allowed.
No. Partial changes of all
four passwords are
allowed.
When does the password
prompt appear?
When users connect as
root, factory, or admin,
the accounts with default
password will be
prompted for change.
The accounts with
non-default password will
NOT be prompted.
When users connect as
root, factory, or admin, the
accounts with default
password will be prompted
for change. The accounts
with non-default password
will NOT be prompted.
Is a user forced to answer
password prompts before
getting access to the
firmware?
No, users can type in
Ctrl-c to get out of
password prompting.
No, users can type in
Ctrl-c to get out of
password prompting.
Do users need to know the
old root password when
answering prompting?
Yes in v4.0.0
*No in v4.0.2 only No
Are new passwords forced to
be set to something different
than the old passwords?
Yes Yes
Is password prompting
disabled when security mode
is enabled?
Yes Yes
Is the
passwd
command
disabled until the user has
answered password
prompting?
No Yes
Does password prompting
reappear when passwords
are changed back to default
using the
passwd
command?
Yes No
Does password prompting
reappear when passwords
are changed back to default
using the
passwdDefault
command?
Yes Yes