Dell MX9116n EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.0 - Page 977

To disable the simple password check and return to the default strong password check, use the no service simple-password command. • Enter the command in CONFIGURATION mode. service simple-password Enable simple password check OS10(config)# username abhishek password madmiamadam role sysadmin %Error: Password fail: it does not contain enough DIFFERENT characters OS10(config)# service simple-password OS10(config)# username abhishek password madmiamadam role sysadmin OS10(config)# Password strength By default, the password you configure with the username password role and enable password priv-lvl commands must be at least nine alphanumeric characters. To increase password strength, you can create stronger password rules using the passwordattributes command. These password rules apply to the user name and privilege-level password configuration. When you enter the command, at least one parameter is required. When you enter the character-restriction parameter, at least one option is required. • Create rules for stronger passwords in CONFIGURATION mode. password-attributes {[min-length number] [character-restriction {[upper number] [lower number][numeric number] [special-char number]}} ○ min-length number - Enter the minimum number of required alphanumeric characters, from 6 to 32; default 9. ○ character-restriction - Enter a requirement for the alphanumeric characters in a password: ▪ upper number - Minimum number of uppercase characters required, from 0 to 31; default 0. ▪ lower number - Minimum number of lowercase characters required, from 0 to 31; default 0. ▪ numeric number - Minimum number of numeric characters required, from 0 to 31; default 0. ▪ special-char number - Minimum number of special characters required, from 0 to 31; default 0. To turn off the strong password check enabled with the password-attributes command, use the service simple-password command. No password rules, except for the minimum 9-character requirement, are applied to the user name and privilege-level passwords. To revert to the configured password-attributes settings, use the no service simple-password command. Create strong password rules OS10(config)# password-attributes min-length 7 character-restriction upper 4 numeric 2 Display password rules OS10# show running-configuration password-attributes password-attributes min-length 7 character-restriction upper 4 numeric 2 Disable strong password check OS10(config)# password-attributes min-length 7 character-restriction upper 4 numeric 2 OS10(config)# username admin2 password 4newhire4 role sysadmin %Error: Password fail: it does not contain enough DIFFERENT characters OS10(config)# enable password 0 4newhire4 priv-lvl 5 %Error: Password it does not contain enough DIFFERENT characters. OS10(config)# service simple-password OS10(config)# username admin2 password 4newhire4 role sysadmin OS10(config)# enable password 0 4newhire4 priv-lvl 5 Re-enable strong password check OS10(config)# no service simple-password Security 977