3Com Switch 8800 Advanced Software V5 Configuration Guide

Configuring Password Control 977
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CAUTION: Configuration for the action to be taken when a user fails to login after
the specified number of attempts takes effect immediately, and can thus affect the
users already in the blacklist.
Setting Local User
Password Control
Parameters
Follow these steps to set password control parameters for a local user:
Setting Super Password
Control Parameters
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CLI commands fall into four levels: visit, monitor, system, and manage.
Accordingly, login users fall into four levels, each corresponding to a command
level. A user of a certain level can only use the commands at that level or lower
levels. To switch from a lower user level to a higher one, a user needs to enter a
password for authentication. This password is called a super password. For details
on super passwords, refer to
“Basic Configurations” on page 27.
Follow these steps to set super password control parameters:
Set the authentication
timeout time
password-control
authentication-timeout
authentication-timeout
Optional
60 seconds by default
To do... Use the command... Remarks
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view system-view -
Create a local user and enter
local user view
local-user user-name -
Configure the password
aging time for the local user
password-control aging
aging-time
Optional
90 days by default
Configure the minimum
password length for the local
user
password-control length
length
Optional
10 characters by default
Configure the password
composition policy for the
local user
password-control
composition type-number
policy-type [ type-length
type-length ]
Optional
By default, the minimum
number of password
composition types is 1 and
the minimum number of
characters of a password
composition type is 1 too.
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view system-view -
Set the password aging time
for super passwords
password-control super
aging aging-time
Optional
90 days by default
Configure the minimum
length for super passwords
password-control super
length length
Optional
10 characters by default