System Management Guide Security
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Table 16 Show Password Options Output Fields
Label Description
Password aging in days The number of days a user password is valid before
the user must change their password
Time required between password
changes
The time interval required before a password can be
changed
Number of invalid attempts
permitted per login
The number of unsuccessful login attempts allowed
for the specified time
Time in minutes per login attempt The period of time, in minutes, that a specified
number of unsuccessful attempts can be made
before the user is locked out
Lockout period (when threshold
breached)
The lockout period, in minutes, during which the
user is not allowed to log in
Authentication order The sequence in which password authentication is
attempted among RADIUS, TACACS+, and local
passwords
User password history length The number of recent passwords stored in the
history file to compare against new passwords. If a
new password matches any of the passwords in the
history file, it is rejected
Accepted password length The minimum and maximum password length
Credits for each character class The maximum number of credits given for each
character class
Number of required characters per
class
The minimum number of characters for each
character classes that is required in a password:
uppercase, lowercase, numeric, or special
character
Minimum number of required
character classes
The number of different character classes that is
required in a password: uppercase, lowercase,
numeric, or special character
Required distance with previous
password
The minimum number of characters required to be
different in the new password from the old
password.
Allow consecutively repeating a
character
The number of times the same character is allowed
to be repeated consecutively in a new command
Allow passwords containing
username
Displays whether the user name is allowed as part
of the password
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