
Configuring Password Policy Settings Managing Switch User Accounts
page 9-20 OmniSwitch 6250/6450 Switch Management Guide May 2012
Configuring Password Expiration
By default, password expiration is disabled on the switch. A global default password expiration can be
specified for all users or password expiration can be set for an individual user.
Note. When the current user’s password has less than one week before expiration, the switch will display
an expiration warning after login.
If a user’s password expires, the user will be unable to log into the switch through any interface; the
admin user must reset the user’s password. If the admin user’s password expires, the admin user will have
access to the switch through the console port with the currently configured password.
Default Password Expiration
To set password expiration globally, use the user password-expiration command with the desired
number of days; the allowable range is 1 to 150 days. For example:
-> user password-expiration 3
The default password expiration is now set to three days. All user passwords on the switch will be set or
reset with the three-day expiration. If an individual user was configured with a different expiration, the
expiration will be reset to the global value.
The expiration is based on the switch system date/time and date/time the user password-expiration
command is entered. For example, if a user is configured with a password expiration of 10 days, but the
global setting is 20 days, that user’s password will expire in 10 days.
To disable the default password expiration, use the user password-expiration command with the disable
option:
-> user password-expiration disable
Specific User Password Expiration
To set password expiration for an individual user, use the user password-expiration command with the
expiration keyword and the desired number of days or an expiration date. For example:
-> user bert password techpubs expiration 5
This command gives user bert a password expiration of five days.
To set a specific date for password expiration, include the date in mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm format. For example:
-> user bert password techpubs expiration 02/19/2003 13:30
This command sets the password expiration to February 19, 2003, at 1:30pm; the switch will calculate the
expiration based on the system date/time. The system date and system time commands displays the
system date and time information. For more information on the system date or time, see the
OmniSwitch 6250/6450 Switch Management Guide.
Note. The expiration will be reset to the global default setting (based on the user password-expiration
command) if the user password is changed or the user password-expiration command is entered again.
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