password-policy

The password-policy element configures password rules for password secure mode.

Parameters

min-secure-pwd-len
Enter the minimum password length to use when system is in secure password mode. The maximum allowable length for any password is 64 characters.
  • Default: 9
  • Values: 6-64

Note:

The password using this minimum length value must contain at least one punctuation mark and two out of these three requirements: upper case letter, lower case letter, number. No special characters are allowed, for example: #, &, @.

Note:

This parameter is ignored when the password-policy-strength parameter is used (the Admin Security and/or Admin Security ACP license is active).
expiry-interval
Specifies the maximum password lifetime in days.
  • Default: 90
  • Min: 1 / Max: 65535
password-change-interval
Specifies the minimum password lifetime.
  • Default: 24 hours
  • Min: 1 hour / Max: 24 hours
expiry-notify-period
Specifies the number of days prior to expiration that users begin to receive password expiration notifications.
  • Default: 30 days
  • Min: 1 day / Max: 90 days
grace-period
Time after password expiration user has until forced to change password.
  • Default: 30 days
  • Min: 1 day / Max: 90 days
grace-logins
Number of logins after password expiration the user has until forced to change password.
  • Default: 3
  • Min: 1 / Max: 10
password-history-count
Specifies the number of previously used passwords retained in encrypted format in the password history cache.
  • Default: 3
  • Min: 1 / Max: 10
password-policy-strength
Enables the enhanced password strength requirements provided by the Admin Security and/or Admin Security ACP license.
  • Default: disabled
  • enabled | disabled

Path

password-policy is an element under the security path. The full path from the topmost ACLI prompt is: configure terminal, and then security, and then password-policy.