set system password
5-14 Setting User Accounts and Passwords
change-first-login
yes|no
(Optional) Specifies whether new users are required to change their
password upon first login:
• yes — specifies that new users must change the password for this
account upon first login.
• no — specifies that new users are not required to change the
password for this account upon first login.
Default values are:
• If the security profile = C2, default is yes.
• If the security profile = normal, the default is no.
change-frequency
minutes
(Optional) Specifies a minimum interval in minutes between password
changes allowed for non-superusers. Valid values for minutes range from
0 to 65535.
Default values are:
• If the security profile = C2, default is 1440 (24 hours).
• If the security profile = normal, default is 0.
grace-limit logins (Optional) The maximum number of logins that will still be honored after
a password has expired. The range for logins is from 0 to 3, with a default
of 3.
grace-period days (Optional) The number of days after password expiration during which
the password will still be honored. The range for days is from 0 to 30 days,
with a default of 0.
history size (Optional) Number of previously used user login passwords that will be
checked for duplication when the set password command is executed.
Valid values for size range from 0 to 10.
Default values are:
• If the security profile = C2, default history is 8.
• If the security profile = normal, default history is 0.
length #ofChars (Optional) The minimum length of user passwords. Default values are:
• If the security profile = C2, default is 9 characters.
• If the security profile = normal, default is 8 characters.
min-required-chars
[uppercase #ofChars]
[lowercase #ofChars]
[numeric #ofChars]
[special #ofChars]
(Optional) The minimum number of characters of the specified type
needed in the password. The range for #ofChars for each type of character
is 0 to 40, with a default of 0.
The set of special characters recognized by this command is: ! @ # $ % ^ &
* ( ) ? = [ ] \ ; ? , ./ `
require-at-creation
yes | no
(Optional) Specifies whether a password is required at the time of user
account creation:
•
yes — Password is required when creating a user account.
• no — Password is not required when creating a user account.
Default values are:
• If the security profile = C2, default is yes.
• If the security profile = normal, the default is no.