3Com Switch 7750 Configuration Guide Guide

Password Control Configuration 821
same password or using the old password, thus enhancing the security. You can
configure the maximum number of history records that the system can record.
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CAUTION:
■ When the system adds a new record but the number of the recorded history
passwords has reached the configured maximum number, the system replaces
the oldest record with the new one.
■ When you configure the maximum number of history password records for a
user, the excessive old records will be lost if the number of the history password
records exceeds the configured number.
■ When changing a password, do not use the recorded history password;
otherwise, the system will prompt you to reset a password.
The system administrator can perform the following operations to manually
remove history password records.
Configuring a User Login
Password in Encryption
Mode
Table 634 Configure history password recording
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -
Enable history password
recording
password-control history
enable
Required
By default, history password
recording is disabled.
Configure the maximum
number of the history
password records
password-control history
max-record-num
Optional
By default, the maximum
number is 4.
Table 635 Manually remove history password records
Operation Command Description
Remove history password
records of one or all users
reset password-control
history-record [ user-name
user-name ]
-
Remove history records of one
or all super passwords
reset password-control
history-record super [ level
level-value ]
-
Table 636 Configuring a user login password in encryption mode
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -
Enter the specified user view local-user user-name -
Configure a user login
password in encryption mode
password
Required
Input a password according to
the system prompt and ensure
the two input passwords are
consistent.