Fail updating the password if the old password entered is invalid.
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The old password entered is invalid. Operation aborted.
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Fail the password command when a given password string is not satisfying the password control requirement.
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During authentication:The password must include a minimum of two of these types: uppercase, lowercase, 0–9, and special characters.
During password change from CLI:Password validation error: Password cannot be changed. It must have special characters, A-Z, a-z & 0-9.
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Password Minimum length check.
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During authentication:Password minimum length check failed; operation aborted.
During password change from CLI:Password validation error: Password minimum length check failed; operation aborted.
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NULL password.
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During authentication:Blank password is not acceptable; operation aborted.
During password change from CLI:Password validation error: Blank password is not acceptable; operation aborted.
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Password contains username or the backwards form of the ID.
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During authentication:Password contains the username; operation aborted.
During password change from CLI:Password validation error: Password contains the username.Password validation error: Password contains reverse of associated username.
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Fail the password command if given password contains three of the same characters used consecutively.
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During authentication:Password contains repetitive characters; operation aborted.
During password change from CLI:Password validation error: Password contains repetitive characters; operation aborted.
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Fail the password command if the given password does not differ from the previous password by at least four characters.
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During authentication:Password cannot be changed. It must differ from the previous by four characters.
During password change from CLI:Password validation error: Password cannot be changed. It must differ from the previous by four characters.
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Fail the password command if the given password is the same as that of a password configured within the password history period.
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During authentication:Password cannot be changed; the password entered was used previously.
During password change from CLI:Password validation error: Password cannot be changed; the password entered was used previously.
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Fail the password command if it is executed before the password update interval time.
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Password command will fail with an error message:
The minimum wait period for updating password is not expired. Operation aborted.
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Password history clear command:
clear password-history operator/manager/local group <name>
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If the name does not exist, the following error message is displayed:User:user1 does not exist.
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Password minimum length should match the sum of the compositions ( Lowercase + upper case + special characters + numbers).
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The minimum password length configured is %s less than the sum of password composition.Operation aborted.
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If user last login details display is disabled and the user executes the
sh authentication last-login command
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The last login details cannot be displayed. Command execution is currently disabled by executing password configuration command ’password configuration log-on-details’.
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To enable the password configuration feature, the following should be configured:
Minimum password length should be set to 8 or greater.
Manager credentials should be configured.
Web UI should be disabled.
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The precedence in the error message is as follows:
Password minimum length is < 8.The minimum password length configured is 8 less than the sum of password composition. Operation aborted.
Manager is not configured:Manager credentials should be configured to enable the password configuration feature
Web UI will ask for the following confirmation:“The password configuration feature cannot be enabled when the WebUI is enabled.Would you like to disable WebUI and REST protocol? [y/n]:”
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When the Password Complexity feature is enabled and manager user is deleted from the system.
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Manager account cannot be deleted when the password configuration feature is enabled.
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WebUI and password configurations are mutually exclusive.
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WebUI cannot be enabled when the password configuration feature is enabled.
The password configuration feature cannot be enabled when the WebUI is enabled.
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When incorrect old password is entered during password change.
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The old password is invalid.
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While enabling the password configuration function:
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switch# password configuration-control
The password configuration feature cannot be enabled when the WebUI is enabled.
Would you like to disable WebUI and REST protocol? [y/n]:y
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