Cisco Nexus 9000 Series - Default Settings for User Accounts and RBAC; Enabling Password-Strength Checking

Default Settings for User Accounts and RBAC
This table lists the default settings for user accounts and RBAC parameters.
Table 10: Default User Accounts and RBAC Parameters
DefaultParameters
UndefinedUser account password
NoneUser account expiry date
Network-operator if the creating user has the network-admin roleUser account role
Network-operatorDefault user role
All interfaces are accessibleInterface policy
All VLANs are accessibleVLAN policy
All VRFs are accessibleVRF policy
L3Feature group
Enabling Password-Strength Checking
You can enable password-strength checking which prevents you from creating weak passwords for user
accounts.
When you enable password-strength checking, the Cisco NX-OS software does not check the strength of
existing passwords.
Note
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure terminal
2. password strength-check
3. exit
4. (Optional) show password strength-check
5. (Optional) copy running-config startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters global configuration mode.configure terminal
Example:
Step 1
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Configuring User Accounts and RBAC
Default Settings for User Accounts and RBAC