450 CHAPTER 13: CONFIGURING PASSWORD CONTROL
Description
Use the following password-control enable commands to enable the various
password control functions of the system:
■Use the password-control aging enable command to enable password
aging.
■Use the password-control length enable command to enable the limitation
of the minimum password length.
■Use the password-control history enable command to enable the history
password recording.
When a password used to log in the switch expires, the switch requires the
user to update the password, and automatically saves the history (old)
password to a file in the flash memory. In this way, the switch can prevent any
user from using one single password for a long time or an old password that
was once used to enhance the security.
■Use the undo password-control { aging | length | history } enable
command to disable password control.
By default, password aging, limitation of minimum password length, and
history password recording are all enabled.
Related command: password-control.
Example
# Enable password aging.
[4500]password-control aging enable
Password aging enabled for all users. Default: 90 days.
# Enable the limitation of the minimum password length.
[4500]password-control length enable
Password minimum length enabled for all users. Default: 10
characters.
# Disable password aging.
[4500]undo password-control aging
Password aging disabled for all users.
# Enable history password recording.
[4500]password-control history enable
Password history enabled for all users.
# Disable history password recording.
[4500]undo password-control history
Password history disabled for all users.
password-control super Syntax
password-control super { aging aging-time | length min-length }
undo password-control super { aging | length }