Reference Guide

AAA Commands 269
Example
The following example configures user bob with password xxxyymmmm and
user level 15.
console(config)# username bob password ?
<password> Enter the password. The special characters allowed in
the password include ~ ` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = [ ] { } \ | : ;
' < > . , /.
console(config)# username bob password xxxyyymmm privilege 15
username unlock
Use the username unlock command in Global Configuration mode to unlock
a locked user account. Only a user with read/write access can re-activate a
locked user account.
Reason behind the failure 1 Exceeds Minimum Length of a Password.
Password should be in the range of 8-64
characters in length. Set minimum password
length to 0 by using the passwords min-length
0 command.
2 Password should contain Minimum
< nu m b e r > u p p e r ca s e - l e t t e r s ,
<number> lowercase-letters, <number>
numeric numbers,
<n u m be r > s p e c i a l c h a r a c t e r s a n d
< n u m b e r > c h a r a c t e r c l a s s e s a n d
Maximum limit of <number> consecutive
alphabetic and numeric
characters.
M a x i m u m r e p e t i t i o n o f < n u m b e r >
alphabetic and number characters.
3 Pa s s w o r d s h o u l d n o t c o n t a i n t h e
k e y w o r d s < k e y w o r d 1 > , < k e y w o r d 2 >
a n d < k e y w o r d 3 > i n a n y f o r m ( r e v e r s e d ,
substring or case-insensitive).
Message Type Message Description
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