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Changing passwords 65
Prerequisites
•You must use an account with read/write/all privileges to change passwords. For security, the switch saves passwords to a hidden file. The optional parameter password is the password associated with the user name or logon name.
Procedure steps
Action
Change a password by using the following command:
config cli password
Variable definitions
Use the data in the following table to use the config cli password command.
Variable | Value |
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|
| Permits or blocks this access |
<enabledisable> | level. |
| • access level is an integer |
| from |
| • enabledisable enables or |
| disables the chosen level. |
|
|
aging <days> | Configures the time limit for |
| passwords. daysis the |
| time as an integer from |
|
|
Changes the default lockout time | |
| after three invalid attempts. secs |
| is the lockout time in seconds |
| and is in the |
| default is 60 seconds. |
|
|
info | Shows the level parameter |
| settings and the next level |
| directories. |
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Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Commissioning
30 May 2008