CLI Reference Guide

Password Management Commands 1513
passwords strength max-limit consecutive-
characters
Use this command to enforce a maximum number of consecutive characters
that a password can contain. If a user enters a password that has more
consecutive characters than the configured limit, the system rejects the
password. The valid range of consecutive characters is 0–15. The default is 0.
A maximum of 0 means there is no restriction on consecutive characters.
Examples of consecutive characters are ABCDEF or 123456 or !”#$%&’().
Use the no form of this command to reset the maximum consecutive
characters accepted to the default value.
Syntax
passwords strength max-limit consecutive–characters 0–15
no passwords strength max-limit consecutive-characters
Default Configuration
The default value is 0.
Command Mode
Global Configuration
User Guidelines
This command has no user guidelines.
Example
console(config)#passwords strength max-limit consecutive-characters 3
passwords strength max-limit repeated-
characters
Use this command to enforce a maximum repeated characters that a
password should contain. If password has repetition of characters more than
the configured max-limit, it fails to configure. The valid range is 0-15. The
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