Reference Guide

Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference 595
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passwdCfg
Examples
To display the current password configuration parameters:
switch:admin> passwdcfg --showall
passwdcfg.minlength: 8
passwdcfg.lowercase: 0
passwdcfg.uppercase: 0
passwdcfg.digits: 0
passwdcfg.punctuation: 0
passwdcfg.history: 1
passwdcfg.minpasswordage: 0
passwdcfg.maxpasswordage: 0
passwdcfg.warning: 0
passwdcfg.lockoutthreshold: 0
passwdcfg.lockoutduration: 30
passwdcfg.status: 0
passwdcfg.reverse: 0
To set password configuration parameters, specifying that a password must contain at least two uppercase
characters, and that passwords expire in 90 days from the date they are defined:
switch:admin> passwdcfg --set -uppercase 2 \
-maxpasswordage 90
To set user password expiration policy parameters:
switch:admin> passwdcfg --setuser admin -minpasswordage 2 \
-maxpasswordage 5 -warning 3
To display the current user password expiration policy parameters:
switch:admin> passwdcfg --showuser admin
passwdcfg.maxpasswordage.admin: 5
passwdcfg.minpasswordage.admin: 2
passwdcfg.warning.admin: 3
To delete all password configurations:
switch:admin> passwdcfg --deleteuser -all
All user password configurations are removed
To delete password configurations of a specific user:
switch:admin> passwdcfg --deleteuser admin
The user(admin) password configurations are removed
To activate password reverse criterion check:
switch:admin> passwdcfg --set -reverse 1
SEE ALSO passwd, userConfig