Cisco Cisco SG300-28 28-Port Gigabit Managed Switch Maintenance Manual

Defining Users

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Cisco 300 Series Managed Switches Administration Guide

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Read/Write Management Access (15)—User can access the GUI, and 
can configure the device.

Click Apply. The user is added to the Running Configuration file of the device.

Passwords are used to authenticate users accessing the device. Simple 
passwords are potential security hazards. Therefore, password complexity 
requirements are enforced by default and may be configured as necessary. 
Password complexity requirements are configured on the Password Strength 
page reached through the Security drop-down menu. Additionally, password 
aging time may be configured on this page.

To define password complexity rules:

Click Security > Password Strength.

Enter the following aging parameters for passwords:

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Password Aging—If selected, the user is prompted to change the password 
when the Password Aging Time expires. 

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Password Aging Time—Enter the number of days that can elapse before 
the user is prompted to change the password.

Password aging also applies to zero-length passwords (no 

password).

Select Password Complexity Settings to enable complexity rules for passwords.

If password complexity is enabled, new passwords must conform to the following 
default settings:

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Have a minimum length of eight characters.

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Contain characters from at least three character classes (uppercase letters, 
lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters available on a standard 
keyboard).

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Are different from the current password.

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Contain no character that is repeated more than three times consecutively.

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Do not repeat or reverse the users name or any variant reached by changing 
the case of the characters.