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Table 49 Password prompting matrix (continued) Issue Version 4.0.0 Does password prompting Yes reappear when passwords are changed back to the defaults using the passwd command? Does password prompting Yes reappear when passwords are changed back to the defaults using the passwdDefault command? Version 4.1.0 and later No Yes Password migration during firmware changes Table 50 describes the expected outcome of password settings when upgrading or downgrading firmware for various Fabric OS versions. Table 50 Password migration behavior during firmware upgrade and downgrade Issue Versions 4.2.0 to 5.0.1 Versions 4.4.0 to 5.0.1 Which passwords are used when upgrading to a later firmware release for the first time? Default accounts and passwords are preserved. Default accounts and passwords are preserved. Are passwords preserved during subsequent firmware upgrades? MUA accounts created during a previous upgrade to 4.2.0 are restored. MUA accounts created during a previous upgrade to 5.0 are restored. Which passwords are used if downgrading to an earlier firmware for the first time? Downgrades to 4.2.0 preserve existing default accounts and restore any disabled default accounts. The default account passwords existing immediately prior to the downgrade are preserved. MUA accounts are disabled. Downgrades to 4.4.0 preserve all existing default accounts, MUA accounts, and passwords. MUA accounts with the switchAdmin role have the same permissions as the user role. When downgrading to an earlier firmware at subsequent times, which passwords are used? Downgrades to 4.2.0 preserve existing default accounts and restore any disabled default accounts. The default account passwords existing immediately prior to the downgrade are preserved. MUA accounts are disabled. Downgrades to 4.4.0 preserve all existing default accounts, MUA accounts, and passwords. MUA accounts with the switchAdmin role have the same permissions as the user role. When downgrading and then upgrading, what passwords are used? Any MUA accounts created during All default and MUA accounts the original upgrade are restored. and passwords remain All passwords are unchanged. unchanged. Fabric OS 5.x administrator guide 235