show system password

Use this command to display current password configuration settings.

Syntax

show system password

Parameters

None.

Defaults

None.

Mode

All command modes.

Example

This example shows how to display password configuration settings. In this case, the settings displayed are the default settings:

System(su)->show system password
Password history size  : 8
Password aging         : disabled
Password minimum length: 8
Password minimum character requirements:
   Uppercase: 0
   Lowercase: 0
     Numeric: 0
     Special: 0
Password assignment required at account creation                : no
Allow multiple accounts to share same password                  : yes
Length of substrings in previous password not allowed in new one: 0
Allow the same character to appear consecutively in a password  : yes
Times the same character may consecutively repeat in a password : no limit
Password may contain, repeat or reverse the user id             : yes
Require users to change password at first login                 : no
Account access change at first login applied to                 : non-superusers
Minimum interval between password changes                       : 1440 minutes
Account access change interval applied to                       : non-superusers
Number of days before password expiration to display warning    : 21 days
Number of logins allowed after password expiration              : 3
Grace period to allow logins after password expiration          : 30 days

show system password Output Details provides an explanation of the command output:

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show system password Output Details

Output... What it displays...
Password history size Number of previously used user login passwords that will be checked for duplication when the set password command is executed. Configured with set system password history (set system password).
Password aging Number of days user passwords will remain valid before aging out. Configured with set system password aging (set system password).
Password minimum length The minimum length user passwords.
Password minimum character requirements The minimum number of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters required in a password.
Password assignment required at account creation Whether password assignment is required when an account is created.
Allow multiple accounts to share same password Whether multiple accounts can share the same password.
Length of substrings in the previous password not allowed in new password The number of characters from the most previous password that cannot be used in the new password.
Allow the same character to appear consecutively in a password Whether the same character can appear consecutively in a password.
Times the same character may consecutively repeat in a password Whether the same character can consecutively repeat in a password.
Password may contain, repeat or reverse the user id Whether the password contents can contain, repeat, or reverse the contents of the User ID.
Require users to change password at first login Specifies whether users are required to change the password at first login. When set to yes the setting only applies to rw and ro user modes. If the all option is also configured, the setting applies to all user modes.
Account access change at first login applied to User modes to which an account access change is applied at first login.
Minimum interval between password changes Minimum interval, in minutes, between password changes by users.
Account access change interval applied to The user modes the account access change interval is applied to.
Number of days before password expiration to display warning The number of days before password expiration a warming displays that the password expiration is due.
Number of logins allowed after password expiration The number of grace logins allowed before user access information is cleared due to password expiration.
Grace period to allow logins after password expiration The time in days a user is allowed to log into an account before the user access information is cleared due to password expiration.