Quick Reference Guide

872 PowerConnect B-Series TI24X Configuration Guide
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Setting up local user accounts
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PowerConnect(config)# username kelly password
Enter Password: ********
NOTE
When password masking is enabled, press the [Enter] key before entering the password.
Syntax: username <name> password [Enter]
For [Enter], press the Enter key. Enter the password when prompted.
If strict-password-enforcement is enabled, enter a password which contains the required character
combination. Refer to “Enabling enhanced user password combination requirements” on
page 871.
To enable password masking, enter the following command.
PowerConnect(config)# enable user password-masking
Syntax: [no] enable user password-masking
Enabling user password aging
For enhanced security, password aging enforces quarterly updates of all user passwords. After 180
days, the CLI will automatically prompt users to change their passwords when they attempt to sign
on.
When password aging is enabled, the software records the system time that each user password
was configured or last changed. The time displays in the output of the show running configuration
command, indicated by set-time <time>.
Example
The password aging feature uses the SNTP server clock to record the set-time. If the network does
not have an SNTP server, then set-time will appear as set-time 0 in the output of the show running
configuration command.
A username set-time configuration is removed when:
• The username and password is deleted from the configuration
• The username password expires
When a username set-time configuration is removed, it no longer appears in the show running
configuration output.
Note that if a username does not have an assigned password, the username will not have a
set-time configuration.
Password aging is disabled by default. To enable it, enter the following command at the global
CONFIG level of the CLI.
PowerConnect(config)# enable user password-aging
Syntax: [no] enable user password-aging
PowerConnect# show run
Current configuration:
....
username waldo password .....
username raveen set-time 2086038248
....