Displays password policy information for all users on the switch.
This command has no arguments or variables.
N/A.
To view the password management information, you must have administrator privileges.
Maximum age—The maximum number of days for the passwords to remain valid.
History limit—The number of previous password that the switch scans prior to validating a new password.
Minimum length—The minimum number of characters in passwords.
Character validation—The passwords must be in the specific format required by the configure account password-policy char-validation command.
Lockout on login failures—If enabled, the system locks out users after 3 failed login attempts.
Accounts locked out—Number of accounts locked out.
User Name—The name of the user. This list displays all of the users who have access to the switch.
Password Expiry Date—Date the password for this account expires; may be blank.
Password Max. age—The number of days originally allowed to passwords on this account; may show None.
Password Min. length—The minimum number of characters required for passwords on this account; may show None.
Password History Limit—The number of previous passwords the system scans to disallow duplication on this account; may show None.
The following command displays the password management parameters configured for each account on the switch:
show accounts password-policy
Output from this command looks similar to the following:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accounts global configuration(applied to new accounts on creation) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Password Max. age : None Password History limit : None Password Min. length : None Password Character Validation : Disabled Accts. lockout on login failures: Disabled Accounts locked out : No Lockout time period : Until Cleared --------------------------------------------------------------------------- User Name Password Password Password Password Flags Expiry Max. age Min. len History Date Limit --------------------------------------------------------------------------- admin None None None --- user None None None --- test Apr-17-2005 12 32 9 C-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lockout Time Config: (U) Account is locked until cleared via 'clear account <name> lockout'. Flags: (C) Password character validation enabled, (L) Account locked out (l) Account lockout on login failures enabled
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 11.2.
This command is available on all platforms.
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