User guide

Security Commands
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Strongpassword Command
TheDominionSXserversupportsbothstandardandstrongpasswords.
• Standardpasswordshavenorulesassociatedwiththem;thatis,they
canbeinanyformatandwillnotexpire.
• Strongpasswordsincreasetheeffectivenessofthepasswordby
settingrulesaroundcontent,lengthandexpirationdates.
• Strongpassw
ordsa
llowtheadministratortopicktherulestheywant
toimplementfromthefollowinglist.
• Themaximumlengthofastrongpasswordis15characters.
Thesyntaxofthestrongpasswordcommandis:
strongpassword [enable <true|false>] [minlength value]
[maxlength value] [expiry time] [history value]
[uppercase <true|false>] [lowercase <true|false>]
[numeric <true|false>] [other <true|false>]
Thestrongpasswordcommandoptionsaredescribedinthefollowing
table.
Command Description
enable<true|false> Enable/Disablestrongpasswordrules
forlocalusers
minlength Minimumpasswordlength
maxlength Maximumpasswordlength
expiry Numberofdaysbeforepasswordwill
expireforlocalusers
history Numberofpasswordstostorein
passwordhistory
uppercase
<true|false>
Iftrue,forceuppercasecharactersin
password
lowercase
<true|false>
Iftrue,forcelowercasecharactersin
password
numeric<true|false> Iftrue,forcenumbericcharactersin
password
other<true|false> Iftrue,forceothercharactersin
password