Users Guide

Security Commands 1172
User Guidelines
This limit is not enforced unless the passwords strength minimum lowercase-
letters command is configured with a value greater than 0. In other words, a
password consisting entirely of lower case letters will pass the minimum
strength check criteria.
Example
console(config)#passwords strength minimum lowercase-letters 6
passwords strength minimum numeric-
characters
Use this command to enforce a minimum number of numeric numbers that a
password should contain. The valid range is 0–16. The default is 1. A
minimum of 0 means no restriction on that set of characters. Use the no form
of this command to reset the minimum numeric characters to the default
value.
Syntax
passwords strength minimum numeric–characters 0–16
no passwords strength minimum numeric–characters
Default Configuration
The default value is 1.
Command Mode
Global Configuration
User Guidelines
This limit is not enforced unless the passwords strength minimum numeric-
characters command is configured with a value greater than 0. In other words,
a configuration of 0 allows a password consisting entirely of numeric
characters to pass strength check validation.
Example
console(config)#passwords strength minimum numeric–characters 6