Administrator Guide

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The Set User Account Password dialog box displays.
5. Enter the current password of the account.
This step is required only if you are changing the password of your own or a peer admin
account.
6. Enter the new password of the account.
The new password must have at least one character different from the old password.
7. Retype the new password in the Confirm Password field.
8. Click OK.
9. Click Apply to save your changes.
Setting the rules for passwords
To set rules for passwords, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration
window” on page 31.
2. Select the User tab.
3. Click Set Password Rule.
The Configure Password Rule dialog box displays.
4. Fill out the dialog box for the password rules you want to enforce.
The available options are:
• Minimum number of days (0–999) before you can change the password again
• Number of days (0–999) before a password expires
• Number of password changes before you can reuse a password
• Minimum password length (8–40 characters)
• Minimum number of uppercase and lowercase characters required
• Minimum number of digits and punctuation characters required
• Number of characters that can be repeated in the password
• Number of failed login attempts (0–999) before the password is locked from further
change attempts, and the amount of time the password is locked (0–99999 minutes)
• Number of days to warn user before password expiration (0–999)
5. Select whether to enable or disable the lockout administration features.
If you select to disable the lockout administration, the user is never locked out of the system.
6. Click OK to close the dialog box.
7. Cl ick Apply to save your changes.
Setting a password as expired
To set a password as expired, perform the following steps.