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General password rules

Usernames and passwords are case-sensitive. ASCII characters in the range of 33-126 are valid,

including:

• A through Z uppercase characters

• a through z lower case characters

• 0 through 9 numeric characters

• Special characters ‘ ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) - _ = + [ ] { } \ | ; : ‘ “ , < > / ?.

NOTE: The SPACE character is allowed to form a username or password pass-phrase. The

username must be in quotes, for example “The little brown fox”. A space is not allowed as

part of a username without the quotes. A password that includes a space or spaces should

not have quotes.

Local user and password Length

To set the minimum password length for manager, operator, and local management privilege user,

use the following command.

Syntax

[no] password <manager|operator|port-access|all>[ user-name

ASCII-STR][<plaintext|sha1> ASCII-STR] minimum-length num

• <manager|operator|port-access|all> - Level of access.

• user-name ASCII-STR - Username (up to 64 characters).

• <plaintext|sha1> ASCII-STR - Format for the password entry, and the password

itself (up to 64 characters). 'plaintext' is default type, and the only type accepted

for 'port-access'.

• minimum-length - Minimum number of permissible characters required to set a

new password.

Sets or clears the local password/username to access levels of manager, operator,

and local management. Configures minimum password length for a given access

level equal to or greater than 15 alpha/numeric digits.

Invoked without [no], the command sets or changes the existing password(s). If

no password is provided in the command, the user will be prompted to enter the

new password twice. The command removes specific local password protection.

The option password minimum-lenght configures the minimum password length

that will be applicable to the manager, operator or local management. The range

available for password length is 15–64.

operator

Configure operator access.

manager

Configure manager access.

all

Configure all available types of access.

minimum-length

Configure minimum password length.

NOTE: “Port-access” is available only if “include-credentials” is enabled.

24 Configuring Username and Password Security