set system password Setting User Accounts and Passwords
Enterasys Matrix DFE-Gold Series Configuration Guide 2-21
Defaults
aging=disable
history=0passwords
length=8characters
minrequiredchars=0charactersforallcases
requireatcreation=No.Passwordisnotrequiredatuseraccountcreation.
allowduplicates=Yes.Multipleaccountsmayusethesamepassword.
substringmatchlen=0characters.
allowrepeatingchars=Yes.Consecutiveuseofthesamecharacterinapasswordisallowed.
changefirstlogin=No.Thepassworddoesnothavetobechangeduponfirstlogin.
changefrequency=0minutes.
Mode
Switchcommand.SuperUser.
Usage
Thesetofspecialcharactersrecognizedbythiscommandis:!@#$%^&*()=[]\;?,./`.
requireatcreation Specifieswhetherapasswordisrequiredatthetimeofuseraccount
creation:
yes‐Passwordisrequiredwhencreatingauseraccount
no‐Passwordisnotrequiredwhencreatingauseraccount
allowduplicatesSpecifieswhethermultipleaccountscansharethesamepassword:
yes‐Specifiesthatmultipleaccountsmaysharethesamepassword
no‐Specifiesthatmultipleaccountsmaynotsharethesame
password
substringmatch
len#ofChars
Specifiesthelengthofanysubstringpresentinapreviouspassword(s)
forthisaccountthatmaynotbeusedinanewpassword.Validvalues:0
‐40.
allowrepeating
chars
Specifieswhetherthesamecharactermayappearconsecutivelyinthe
samepassword:
yes‐specifiesthatthesamecharactermayappearconsecutivelyina
password
no‐specifiesthatthesamecharactermaynotappearconsecutively
inapassword
changefirstlogin Specifieswhethernewusersarerequiredtochangetheirpassword
uponfirstlogin:
yes‐specifiesthatnewusersmustchangethepasswordforthis
accountuponfirstlogin
no‐specifiesthatnewusersarenotrequiredtochangethepassword
forthisaccountuponfirstlogin
changefrequency
minutes
Specifiesaminimumintervalinminutesbetweenpasswordchanges
allowedfornonsuperusers.Validvalues:0‐65535.