configure account password-policy username-matchNEW!

configure account [all | name] password-policy username-match [permit | deny]

Description

Requires that the user name and password do not match.

Syntax Description

all Specifies all users (and future users).
name Specifies an account name.
username-match Specifies that the password matches the username.
permit Specifies that username matches are permitted (Default).
deny Specifies that username matches are not permitted.

Default

permit

Usage Guidelines

A restriction is placed only when the user name and password match exactly. The user name can be a substring of the password or the other way around.

Example

The following example requires all users to use this specified format for all passwords:

configure account all password-policy username-match deny

History

This command was first available in version 33.1.1.

Platform Availability

This command is available on all Universal switches supported in this document.