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AAA Commands
Mobility System Software Command Reference Guide
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Examples To allow users a maximum of 3 attempts to log into the system, type the following
command:
MX# set authentication max-attempts 3
success: change accepted.
See Also
● clear user lockout on page 9-158
● set authentication minimum-password-length on page 9-172
● set authentication password-restrict on page 9-172
set authentication minimum-password-length
Specifies the minimum allowable length for user passwords.
Syntax set authentication minimum-password-length length
Defaults By default, there is no minimum length for user passwords.
Access Enabled.
History Introduced in MSS 6.0.
Usage Use this command to specify the minimum length for user passwords. When this
command is configured, you cannot configure a password shorter than the specified length.
When you enable this command, MSS evaluates the passwords configured on the MX switch and
displays a list of users whose password does not meet the minimum length restriction.
Examples To set the minimum length for user passwords at 7 characters, type the following
command:
MX# set authentication minimum-password-length 7
warning: the following users have passwords that are shorter than the minimum password
length -
dan
admin
user2
goofball
success: change accepted.
See Also
● clear user lockout on page 9-158
● set authentication minimum-password-length on page 9-172
● set user on page 9-185
set authentication password-restrict
Activates password restrictions for network and administrative users.
Syntax set authentication password-restrict {enable | disable}
length Minimum number of characters that can be in a user password. You
can specify a minimum password length between 0 – 32 characters.
Specifying 0 removes the restriction on password length.
enable Enables password restrictions on the MX.
disable Disables password restrictions on the MX.