Specifications

set system password Setting User Accounts and Passwords
Enterasys Matrix N Standalone (NSA) Series Configuration Guide 2-21
Defaults
aging=disable
history=0passwords
length=8characters
min‐required‐chars=0charactersforallcases
require‐at‐creation=No.Passwordisnotrequiredatuseraccountcreation.
allow‐duplicates=Yes.Multipleaccountsmayusethesamepassword.
substring‐match‐len=0characters.
allow‐repeating‐chars
=Yes.Consecutiveuseofthesamecharacterinapasswordisallowed.
change‐first‐login=No.Thepassworddoesnothavetobechangeduponfirstlogin.
change‐frequency=0minutes.
Mode
Switchcommand.SuperUser.
Usage
Thesetofspecialcharactersrecognizedbythiscommandis:!@#$%^&*()‐=[]\;?,./`.
require‐at‐creation Specifieswhetherapasswordisrequiredatthetimeofuseraccount
creation:
• yes‐Passwordisrequiredwhencreatingauseraccount
• no‐Passwordisnotrequiredwhencreatingauseraccount
allow‐duplicates Specifieswhethermultiple
accountscansharethesamepassword:
• yes‐Specifiesthatmultipleaccountsmaysharethesamepassword
• no‐Specifiesthatmultipleaccountsmaynotsharethesame
password
substring‐match‐
len#ofChars
Specifiesthelengthofanysubstringpresentinapreviouspassword(s)
forthisaccountthatmaynotbeusedina
newpassword.Validvalues:0
‐40.
allow‐repeating ‐
chars
Specifieswhetherthesamecharactermayappearconsecutivelyinthe
samepassword:
• yes‐specifiesthatthesamecharactermayappearconsecutivelyina
password
• no‐specifiesthatthesamecharactermaynotappearconsecutively
inapassword
change‐first‐login Specifieswhether
newusersarerequiredtochangetheirpassword
uponfirstlogin:
• yes‐specifiesthatnewusersmustchangethepasswordforthis
accountuponfirstlogin
• no‐specifiesthatnewusersarenotrequiredtochangethepassword
forthisaccountuponfirstlogin
change‐frequency
minutes
Specifiesaminimuminterval
inminutesbetweenpasswordchanges
allowedfornon‐superusers.Validvalues:0‐65535.