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▄  VPC-VSM System Administration Guide, StarOS Release 19 

Unlike context-level administrative accounts which are configured via a configuration file, information for local-user 
administrative accounts is maintained in a separate file in flash memory and managed through the software’s Shared 
Configuration Task (SCT). Because local-user accounts were designed to be compliant with ANSI T1.276-2003, the 
system provides a number of mechanisms for managing these types of administrative user accounts. 

Local-user account password properties are configured globally and apply to all local-user accounts. The system 
supports the configuration of the following password properties: 

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Complexity: Password complexity can be forced to be compliant with ANSI T1.276-2003. 

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History length: How many previous password versions should be tracked by the system. 

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Maximum age: How long a user can use the same password. 

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Minimum number of characters to change: How many characters must be changed in the password during a 

reset. 

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Minimum change interval: How often a user can change their password. 

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Minimum length: The minimum number of characters a valid password must contain. 

Refer to the 

 command in Global Configuration Mode Commands in the Command Line 

Interface Reference for details on each of the above parameters. 

Local-user account management includes configuring account lockouts and user suspensions. 

Local-user accounts can be administratively locked for the following reasons: 

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Login failures: The configured maximum login failure threshold has been reached. Refer to the local-user max-

failed-logins command in Global Configuration Mode Commands in the Command Line Interface Reference 
for details 

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Password Aging: The configured maximum password age has been reached. Refer to the local-user password 

command in Global Configuration Mode Commands in the Command Line Interface Reference for details. 

Accounts that are locked out are inaccessible to the user until either the configured lockout time is reached (refer to the 
local-user lockout-time command in Global Configuration Mode Commands in the Command Line Interface 
Reference) or a security administrator clears the lockout (refer to the clear local-user command in Exec Mode 
Commands in the Command Line Interface Reference). 

  Local-user administrative user accounts could be configured to enforce or reject lockouts. Refer to 

the local-user username command in Global Configuration Mode Commands in the Command Line Interface 
Reference for details.