Owner's Manual

AAA Commands 65
The password age out time begins from the first time the password is entered. For example, to
change a privilege level for a user, the network administrator redefines the same password.
Passwords are aged out based on the initial time definitions for the original
username/password.
Example
The following example configures user "bob" with password "lee" and user level 15.
passwords min-length
The passwords min-length global configuration command configures the minimum length
required for passwords in the local database. To remove the minimum password length
requirement,use the
no form of this command.
Syntax
passwords min-length length
no passwords min-length
• length— The mimimum length required for passwords (Range: 8-64).
Default Configuration
No minimum password length.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
Relevant to local user passwords, line passwords and enable passwords.
The software checks the password length when an unencrypted password is defined or a user
enters a password when logging in.
NOTE: The length of encrypted passwords is only checked when the user logs in.
Example
The following example configures a minimum length of 8 characters required for passwords in the
local database.
Console (config)# username bob password lee level 15
Console (config)# passwords min-length 8