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passwdCfg

Manages the password policies.

Synopsis passwdcfg --set options value

passwdcfg --setuser username options value

passwdcfg --disableadminlockout

passwdcfg --enableadminlockout

passwdcfg --setdefault

passwdcfg --showall

passwdcfg --showuser username

passwdcfg --deleteuser username

passwdcfg --deleteuser -all

passwdcfg --hash md5 | sha256 | sha512 [-manual]

passwdcfg --showhash [username | -all]

passwdcfg --help

Description Use this command to manage password policies.

Use --set to configure the following password policies:

• Password strength policy

• Password history policy

• Password expiration policy

• Account lockout policy

Password Strength Policy

The password strength policy enforces a set of rules that new passwords must satisfy. Configurable rules include

lowercase and uppercase characters, numbers, punctuation occurrences and minimum length values. It is enforced

only when a new password is defined. The password strength policy is enforced cross all user accounts. When a

password fails more than one of the strength attributes, an error is reported for only one of the attributes at a time.

Password History Policy

The password history policy prevents reuse of a recently used password. The password history policy is enforced

across all user accounts when users are setting their own password. It is not enforced when an administrator sets a

password for another user, but the user's password history is preserved and the password set by the administrator

is recorded in the user's password history.

Password Expiration Policy