Security Management Guide (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

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PWCONFIG Utility
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INFO specifies the current password configuration information.
PWCONFIG-INFO
returns the current password configuration.
When Safeguard is running, the ENCRYPTPASSWORD, ALGORITHM,
MINPASSWORDLEN, MAXPASSWORDLEN, PASSWORD-COMPATIBILITY-MODE,
PSWDUPPERCASEREQ, PSWDLOWERCASEREQ, PSWDNUMERICREQ,
PSWDSPECIALCHARREQ,PSWDALPHAREQ,PSWDSPACESALLOWED,
PSWDMINQUALITYREQ, PSWDMINUPPERCASEREQ,
PSWDMINLOWERCASEREQ,PSWDMINNUMERICREQ,
PSWDMINSPECIALCHARREQ, and PSWDMINALPHAREQ attributes are serviced by
Safeguard. If any of the above options are specified when Safeguard is up, the
command is rejected with the following error message:
SAFEGUARD IS RUNNING; USE SAFECOM TO CONFIGURE PASSWORDS
For more information about SAFECOM, see the Safeguard Administrator's Manual.
The PROMPTPASSWORD and INFO commands are serviced by the PWCONFIG
utility, irrespective of Safeguard being up or down.
When the PASSWORD ALGORITHM is HMAC256 or DES and
ENCRYPTPASSWORD is changed from ON to OFF this change shall be forced:
These values can be modified through PWCONFIG:
PWCONFIG INFO
Note. For systems running J06.11 and later J-series RVUs and H06.22 and later H-series
RVUs, the following change will be forced when ENCRYPTPASSWORD is changed from ON
to OFF.
Attribute Value set to Value forced to
PSWDUPPERCASEREQ ON OFF
PSWDLOWERCASEREQ ON OFF
PSWDNUMERICREQ ON OFF
PSWDSPECIALCHARREQ ON OFF
PSWDALPHAREQ ON OFF
PSWDMINQUALITYREQ Greater than 0 0
PSWDSPACESALLOWED ON OFF
PSWDMINUPPERCASEREQ Greater than 0 0
PSWDMINLOWERCASEREQ Greater than 0 0
PSWDMINNUMERICREQ Greater than 0 0
PSWDMINSPECIALCHARREQ Greater than 0 0
PSWDMINALPHAREQ Greater than 0 0