Super-User Data

Table 1–2: Security Levels

 

 

 

Level

Description

 

 

 

 

Level 2

Includes Level 1 restrictions and requires the following:

 

•2 alphabetic characters

 

•1 numeric character

 

•1 non-alphanumeric character (special characters such as ! ? and *).

 

 

Example

There are three security levels for specifying user names and passwords:

Level 0: User names and passwords are unrestricted.

Level 1: Names must be at least 6 characters long; passwords at least 8.

Level 2: In addition to level 1 restrictions, passwords must contain:

-at least 2 alpha characters

-at least 1 numeric character

-at least 1 non-alphanumeric character

Please specify a security level to be used for initial super- user name and password creation. As super-user, you can modify the security level later on via Command Line Interface (CLI) or Local Security Manager (LSM).

Security level [2]:

Super-User Data

The Super-User Data dialog sets the super-user login name and password. The login name and password must meet the restrictions of the security level that you set in the Security Level dialog. The following tables list examples of valid and invalid login names and passwords.

Table 1–3: Login Name Examples

Valid Login Names

Invalid Login Names

 

 

 

 

fjohnson

fredj (too short in Levels 1 and 2, valid for Level 0)

 

 

fredj123

fred j 123 (contains spaces)

 

 

fredj-123

fj123 (too short)

 

 

fredj-*123

fj 123 (contains spaces)

 

 

Table 1–4: Password Examples for Level 2 Security

 

 

Valid Passwords

Invalid Passwords

 

 

 

 

my-pa55word

my-pa55 (too short)

 

 

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