configure account password-policy char-validation

configure account [all | name] password-policy char-validation [none | all-char-groups]

Description

Requires that the user include an upper-case letter, a lower-case letter, a digit, and a symbol in the password.

Syntax Description


all	Specifies all users (and future users).
`name`	Specifies an account name.
none	Resets password to accept all formats.
all-char-groups	Specifies that the password must contain at least two characters from each of the four groups. Note: The password minimum length will be eight characters if you specify this option.

Default

N/A.

Usage Guidelines

This feature is disabled by default.

Once you issue this command, each password must include at least two characters of each of the following four types:

Upper-case A-Z.
Lower-case a-z.
0-9.
!, @, #, $, %, ^, *, (, ).

The minimum number of characters for these specifically formatted passwords is 8 characters and the maximum is 32 characters.

Use the none option to reset the password to accept all formats.

Example

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

configure account all password-policy char-validation all-char-groups

History

This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 11.2.

Platform Availability

This command is available on ExtremeSwitching X435, X440-G2, X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X620, X670-G2, X690, X695, X870, 5320, 5420, and 5520 series switches.