Changing an invalid-length password

Before you begin

Important

When you enable hsecure, passwords must contain a minimum of 10 characters or numbers with a maximum of 20. The password must contain a minimum of: two uppercase characters, two lowercase characters, two numbers, and two special characters.

About this task

After you enable hsecure and restart the system, change your password if you have an invalid-length password.

Procedure

At the CLI prompt, log on to the system.

Enter the password.

When you have an invalid-length password, the following message appears:

Your password is valid but less than mandatory 10 characters.
Please change the password to continue.

When prompted, enter the new password.
When prompted, reenter the new password.

Example

Log on to the switch:

Login: rwa

Enter the password:

Password: ***

Your password is valid but less than mandatory 10 characters. Please chnage the password to continue.

Enter the new password:

Enter the new password: **********

Re-enter the new password:

Re-enter the new password: **********

Password successfully changed.