Release Notes

Parameter Description
Minimum number of
Lower Case characters
The maximum number of lowercase letters required for a management user
password. By default, there is no requirement for lowercase letters in a
password, and the parameter has a default value of 0.
Minimum number of
Digits
Minimum number of numeric digits required in a management user password.
By default, there is no requirement for digits in a password, and the parameter
has a default value of 0.
Minimum number of
Special characters
Minimum number of special characters required in a management user
password. By default, there is no requirement for special characters in a
password, and the parameter has a default value of 0.
Username or Reverse of
username NOT in
Password
If Yes, a management user’s password cannot be the user’s username or the
username spelled backwards. If No, the password can be the username or
username spelled backwards.
Maximum Number of
failed attempts in 3
minute window to lockout
user
Number of times a user can unsuccessfully attempt to log in to the controller
before that user gets locked out for the time period specified by the lock-out
threshold below. By default, the password lockout feature is disabled, and the
default value of this parameter is 0 attempts.
Time duration to lockout
the user upon crossing
the "lock-out" threshold
Amount of time a management user will be “locked out” and prevented from
logging into the controller after exceeding the maximum number of failed
attempts setting show above. The default lockout time is 3 minutes.
Maximum consecutive
character repeats
The maximum number of consecutive repeating characters allowed in a
management user password.
By default, there is no limitation on the numbers of character that can repeat
within a password, and the parameter has a default value of 0 characters.
(host) #show aaa password-policy mgmt statistics
Management User Table
---------------------
USER ROLE FAILED_ATTEMPTS STATUS
---- ---- --------------- ------
admin14 root 1 Locked until 12/1/2009 22:28
Include the optional statistics parameter to show failed login statistics in the Management User table. The
example below shows that a single failed login attempt locked out the root user admin14, and displays the
time when that user can attempt to login to the controller again.
Related Commands
Command Description Mode
aaa profile
Use aaa profile define the parameters displayed in the
output of this show command.
Config mode
Command History
This command was introduced in ArubaOS 3.4.2.
Dell Networking W-Series ArubaOS 6.4.x | Reference Guide show aaa password-policy mgmt | 768