User`s guide

4-26 AlphaServer DS20 User’s Guide
4.8 Making the System Secure
Placing the console in secure mode ensures that unauthorized persons cannot gain
access to the system. The commands for console security are set password, clear
password, and set secure. The login command turns off security features during
the current console session.
Example 4–15 Set Password Command
P00>>> set password
Please enter the password: # Password is not
# echoed.
Please enter the password again: # Validation is not
P00>>> # echoed.
P00>>> set password # Changing a password.
Please enter the password:
Please enter the password again:
Now enter the old password:
P00>>>
P00>>> set password # Password entered is
Please enter the password: # too short.
Password length must be between 15 and 30 characters
P00>>>
The set password command sets the console password for the first time or changes an
existing password. It is necessary to set the password only if the system is going to
operate in secure mode.
If a password has not been set and the set password command is issued, the console
prompts for a password and verification.
If a password has been set and the set password command is issued, the console
prompts for the new password and verification, then prompts for the old password.
The password is unchanged if the validation password entered does not match the
existing password in the NVRAM.
The password length must be between 15 and 30 alphanumeric characters.
The syntax is:
set password