clear system password

Use this command to clear local login password parameters to default values.

Syntax

clear system password [aging] [history] [length] [min-required-chars {[uppercase] [lowercase] [numeric] [special]}] [require-at-creation] [allow-duplicate] [allow-user-id] [substring-match-len] [allow-repeating-chars] [change-first-login] [change-frequency] [expire-warning] [grace-period]

Parameters

aging	Specifies that the number of days to age the password be reset to the default value.
history	Specifies that the number of passwords to keep in the password history for a user account be reset to the default value.
length	Specifies that the minimum number of characters that must be present in a user account password be reset to the default value.
min-required- chars	Specifies that the minimum number of characters of the specified type that must be present in a user account password be set to the default value: uppercase, lowercase, numeric, special.
require-at-creation	Specifies that the requirement that a password be configured at the time of user account creation be set to the default value.
allow-duplicates	Specifies that the option controlling whether multiple accounts can share the same password be set to the default value.
allow-user-id	Specifies that the password can contain, repeat, or reverse the account name.
substring-match- len	Specifies that the length of any substring present in a previous password(s) for this account that may not be used in a new password be set to the default value.
allow-repeating- chars	Specifies that the option controlling whether the same character may appear consecutively in the same password be set to the default value of repeating characters allowed.
change-first-login	Specifies that the option controlling whether new users are required to change their password upon first login be set to the default value.
change-frequency	Specifies that the minimum interval between password changes be set to the default value.
expire-warning	Specifies that a warning will be displayed 21 days before the password is due to expire.
grace-period	Specifies that no grace period exists and account access settings are cleared upon expiration of the password.

Defaults

If no options are specified, all options are reset to default values.

Mode

All command modes, Super User.

Example

This example shows how to reset the minimum system password length to the default number of characters:

System(su)->clear system password length

Published May 2016prev | next

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