
Managing Switch User Accounts Configuring Password Policy Settings
OmniSwitch 6250/6450 Switch Management Guide May 2012 page 9-21
Configuring the Password History
The password history refers to the number of old passwords for each user account that are saved by the
switch. This functionality prevents the user from using the same password each time their account pass-
word is changed. For example, if the password history is set to 10 and a new password entered by the user
matches any of the 10 passwords saved, then an error message is displayed notifying the user that the
password is not available.
By default, the password history is set to save up to 4 old passwords for each user account. To configure
the number of old passwords to save, use the user password-history command. For example:
-> user password-history 2
To disable the password history function, specify 0 as the number of old passwords to save. For example:
-> user password-history 0
A password is dropped from the password history when it no longer falls within the number of passwords
that are retained by the switch.
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