3com WXR100 3CRWXR10095A User Manual

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Activates password restrictions for network and administrative users.

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 — Enables password restrictions on the WX.

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 — Disables password restrictions on the WX.

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By default the password restrictions are disabled.

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Enabled.

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Introduced in MSS 6.0.

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When this command is enabled, the following password 

restrictions tak

e effect:

Passwords must be a minimum of 10 characters in length, and a mix of 
uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters, 
including at least two of each (for example, Tre%Pag32!).

A user cannot reuse any of his or her 10 previous passwords (not 
applicable to 

network users).

When a user changes his or her password, at least 4 characters must 
be 

different from the previous password.

When you enable the password restrictions, MSS evaluates the passwords 
configured on the WX switch and displays a list of users whose password 
does not meet the restriction on length and character types.

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To enable password restrictions on the WX switch, type 

the following command:

WX# set authentication password-restrict enable

warning: the following users have passwords that do not have 

at least 2 each of upper-case letters, lower-case letters, 

numbers and special characters -

dan

admin

user1

user2

goofball

dang

success: change accepted.