R211x-HP Flexfabric 11900 Security Command Reference

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password-control composition
Use password-control composition to configure the password composition policy.
Use undo password-control composition to restore the default.
Syntax
password-control composition type-number type-number [ type-length type-length ]
undo password-control composition
Default
In non-FIPS mode, the password using the global composition policy must contain at least one character
type and at least one character for each type.
In FIPS mode, the password using the global composition policy must contain at least four character types
and at least one character for each type.
In both non-FIPS and FIPS modes, the password composition policy for a user group is the same as the
global policy, and the password composition policy for a local user is the same as that of the user group
to which the local user belongs.
Views
System view, user group view, local user view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
mdc-admin
Parameters
type-number type-number: Specifies the minimum number of character types that a password must
contain. The value range for the type-number argument is 1 to 4 in non-FIPS mode and fixed at 4 in FIPS
mode. The following character types are available:
• Uppercase letters A to Z.
• Lowercase letters a to z.
• Digits 0 to 9.
• Special characters in Table 17.
Table 17 Special characters
Character name
S
y
mbol Character name S
y
mbol
Ampersand sign & Apostrophe '
Asterisk * At sign @
Back quote ` Back slash \
Blank space N/A Caret ^
Colon : Comma ,
Dollar sign $ Dot .
Equal sign = Exclamation point !
Left angle bracket < Left brace {