3Com WXR100 3CRWXR10095A, WX4400 3CRWX440095A, WX1200 3CRWX120695A manual Password Length

68CHAPTER 4: MANAGING USER PASSWORDS

	You can specify a number between 0 – 2147483647. Specifying 0 causes
	the number of allowable login attempts to reset to the default values.
	If a user is locked out of the system, you can restore the user’s access with
	the clear user lockout command. (See “Restoring Access to a
	Locked-Out User” on page 70.)
	For example, to allow users a maximum of 3 attempts to log into the
	system, type the following command:
	WX# set authentication max-attempts 3
	success: change accepted.
Specifying Minimum	To specify the minimum allowable length for user passwords, use the
Password Length	following command:
	set authentication minimum-password-length length
	You can specify a minimum password length between 0 ñ 32 characters.
	Specifying 0 removes the restriction on password length. By default, there
	is no minimum length for user passwords. When this command is
	configured, you cannot configure a password shorter than the specified
	length.
	When you enable this command, MSS evaluates the passwords
	configured on the WX switch and displays a list of users whose password
	does not meet the minimum length restriction.
	For example, to set the minimum length for user passwords at 7
	characters, type the following command:
	WX# set authentication minimum-password-length 7
	warning: the following users have passwords that are shorter
	than the minimum password length -
	dan
	admin
	user2
	goofball
	success: change accepted.