Cisco 220 Series Smart Plus Reference Manual page 63

AAA Commands
passwords complexity enable
Cisco 220 Series Smart Plus Switches Command Line Interface Reference Guide Release 1.0.0.x
User Guidelines
The password complexity is enabled by default. The user is required to enter a
password that:
• Has a minimum length of 8 characters.
• Contains characters from at least 3 character classes (uppercase letters,
lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters available on a standard
keyboard).
• Is different from the current password.
• Contains no character that is repeated more than 3 times consecutively.
You can control these attributes of the password complexity with specific
commands described in this section.
If you have previously configured other complexity settings, then those settings
are used. This command does not eliminate the other settings. It works only as a
toggle.
Example
The following example enables enforcing the password complexity on the switch
and shows the current password complexity settings:
switchxxxxxx(config)# passwords complexity enable
switchxxxxxx(config)# exit
switchxxxxxx# show passwords configuration
Passwords aging is enabled with aging time 180 days.
Passwords complexity is enabled with the following attributes:
Minimal length: 3 characters
Minimal classes: 3
New password must be different than the current: Enabled
Maximum consecutive same characters: 3
New password must be different than the user name: Enabled
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