Dell PowerConnect Brocade 300 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.1.0 - Page 141

Password policies 5 Rejecting distributed user databases on the local switch 1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions. 2. Enter the fddCfg --localreject PWD command. Password policies The password policies described in this section apply to the local-switch user database only. Configured password policies (and all user account attribute and password state information) are synchronized across CPs and remain unchanged after an HA failover. Password policies can also be manually distributed across the fabric (see "Local user account database distribution" on page 140). A list of the configurable password policies follows. • Password strength • Password history • Password expiration • Account lockout All password policies are enforced during logins to the standby CP. However, you may observe that the password enforcement behavior on the standby CP is inconsistent with prior login activity; this is because password state information from the active CP is automatically synchronized with the standby CP, thereby overwriting any password state information that was previously stored there. Also, password changes are not permitted on the standby CP. Password authentication policies configured using the passwdCfg command are not enforced during initial prompts to change default passwords. Password strength policy The password strength policy is enforced across all user accounts, and enforces a set of format rules to which new passwords must adhere. The password strength policy is enforced only when a new password is defined. The total of the other password-strength policy parameters (lowercase, uppercase, digits, and punctuation) must be less than or equal to the value of the MinLength parameter. Use the following attributes to the passwdCfg command to set the password strength policy: • Lowercase Specifies the minimum number of lowercase alphabetic characters that must appear in the password. The default value is zero. The maximum value must be less than or equal to the MinLength value. • Uppercase Specifies the minimum number of uppercase alphabetic characters that must appear in the password. The default value is zero. The maximum value must be less than or equal to the MinLength value. • Digits Specifies the minimum number of numeric digits that must appear in the password. The default value is zero. The maximum value must be less than or equal to the MinLength value. Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 141 53-1002745-02