Reference Guide

86 AAA Commands
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Syntax
passwords history hold-time days
no passwords hold-time
• days— Number of days a password is relevant for tracking its password history
(Range: 1-product specific).
Default Configuration
Not enabled.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
Relevant to local user passwords, line passwords, and enable passwords.
Passwords are not deleted from the history database when they are no longer relevant for
tracking purposes. Increasing the number of days a password is relevant, for tracking purposes,
may make a password, that is no longer relevant for tracking purposes, relevant again.
Example
The following example configures the number of days that a password is relevant for tracking its
password history to 120.
passwords lockout
The passwords lockout Global Configuration mode command sets the number of failed login
attempts before a user account is locked. To remove this condition, use the no form of this
command.
Syntax
passwords lockout number
no passwords lockout
• number— Number of failed login attempts before the user account is locked (Range: 1-5).
Default Configuration
No locked user account due to failed login attempts.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
Console(config)# passwords history hold-time 120