Owner's Manual

68 AAA Commands
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Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
Relevant to local user passwords, line passwords and enable passwords.
Password history is not checked during the configuration download.
Password history is saved even if the the feature is disabled.
A user’s password history is saved as long as the user is defined.
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 the required number of password changes before a password can
be reused to 3.
passwords history hold-time
The passwords history hold-time global configuration command configures the number of days a
password is relevant for tracking its password history. To return to the default configuration,use the
no
form of this command.
Syntax
passwords history hold-time days
no passwords hold-time
• days— Number of days a password is relevant for tracking its password history
(Range: 1-365).
Default Configuration
Not enabled.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
Console (config)# passwords history 3