HP 6125G HP 6125G & 6125G/XG Blade Switches Security Configuration Gui - Page 150

Configuring password control, Enabling password control

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• For local user passwords, the settings with a smaller application range have a higher priority. • For super passwords, the settings configured specifically for super passwords, if any, override those configured in system view. Complete the following tasks to configure password control: Task Enabling password control Setting global password control parameters Setting user group password control parameters Setting local user password control parameters Setting super password control parameters Setting a local user password in interactive mode Remarks Required Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Configuring password control Enabling password control To enable password control functions, you need to: 1. Enable the password control feature in system view. Only after the password control feature is enabled globally, can password control configurations take effect. 2. Enable password control functions. Some password control functions need to be enabled individually after the password control feature is enabled globally. These functions include: { Password aging { Minimum password length { Password history { Password composition checking You must enable a function for its relevant configurations to take effect. To enable password control: Step 1. Enter system view. 2. Enable the password control feature. 3. Enable a password control function individually. Command system-view password-control enable password-control { aging | composition | history | length } enable Remarks N/A Disabled by default. Optional. All of the four password control functions are enabled by default. After global password control is enabled, local user passwords configured on the device are not displayed when you use the corresponding display command. About the minimum password length: • When global password control is disabled, the minimum password length is one character. 140

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For local user passwords, the settings with a smaller application range have a higher priority.
For super passwords, the settings configured specifically for super passwords, if any, override those
configured in system view.
Complete the following tasks to configure password control:
Task
Remarks
Enabling password control
Required
Setting global password control parameters
Optional
Setting user group password control parameters
Optional
Setting local user password control parameters
Optional
Setting super password control parameters
Optional
Setting a local user password in interactive mode
Optional
Configuring password control
Enabling password control
To enable password control functions, you need to:
1.
Enable the password control feature in system view. Only after the password control feature is
enabled globally, can password control configurations take effect.
2.
Enable password control functions. Some password control functions need to be enabled
individually after the password control feature is enabled globally. These functions include:
{
Password aging
{
Minimum password length
{
Password history
{
Password composition checking
You must enable a function for its relevant configurations to take effect.
To enable password control:
Step
Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enable the password control
feature.
password-control
enable
Disabled by default.
3.
Enable a password control
function individually.
password-control
{
aging
|
composition
|
history
|
length
}
enable
Optional.
All of the four password control
functions are enabled by default.
After global password control is enabled, local user passwords configured on the device are not
displayed when you use the corresponding display command.
About the minimum password length:
When global password control is disabled, the minimum password length is one character.