Dell PowerConnect 3548 Command Line Interface Guide - Page 444

Default Configuration No required number of password changes before reusing a password. Command Mode Global Configuration mode. User Guidelines • Relevant to local user passwords, line passwords, and enable passwords. • Password history is not checked during the configuration download. • Password history is saved even if the feature is disabled. • A user's password history is saved as long as the user is defined. • If the user enters a password that is identical to the previously used one, the password is not included in the password history count. This is required to enable the user to modify privilege level or aging, without having to change passwords. Example The following example configures the required number of password changes before a password can be reused to 3. Console(config)# passwords history 3 passwords history hold-time The passwords history hold-time Global Configuration mode command configures the number of days a password is relevant for tracking its password history. Use the no form of this command to return to the default configuration. Syntax • passwords history hold-time days • no passwords hold-time • days - Number of days a password is relevant for tracking its password history. (Range: 1 - 365) Default Configuration Disabled. Command Mode Global Configuration mode. 444 TIC Commands