TIC Commands 423
TIC Commands
passwords min-length
The passwords min-length Global Configuration mode command configures the minimal length
required for passwords in the local database. Use the no form of this command to remove a
requirement.
Syntax
•
passwords min-length
length
• no passwords min-length
•
length
— The minimal length required for passwords.
Default Configuration
This command has no default configuration.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
• The setting is relevant to local users passwords, line passwords and enable passwords.
• The software checks the minimum length requirement when a a password is defined in an
unencrypted format, or when a user tries to login.
• Note that if a password is inserted in encrypted format, the minimum length requirement only
gets checked when the user logs in.
• In a similar way; passwords defined before the minimum length is defined only require being
checked when the user logs in.
Example
The following example configures the length for passwords in the local database to 6 characters.
Console (config)#
passwords min-length
length 6
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