GigaVUE‑OS Password Policies
GigaVUE‑OS Nodes observes several policies designed to ensure strong password protection for user accounts.
Policy |
Description |
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Password Standards |
Passwords must meet the following standards:
Note: The following special characters are not supported:
However, you can use these characters in the password as described in GigaVUE‑OS Password Policiessection.
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Password Recommendations |
The following are password recommendations:
Note: It is recommended that you do not include the at sign, @, in passwords. Under some circumstances, this can lead to the failure of some CLI commands, such as image fetch or configuration upload. Note: The monitor account is designed to give a read-only access to the GigaVUE‑OS. The monitor account is disabled by default. To enable it, assign a password to the account. GigaVUE‑FM and GigaVUE‑OS H-VUE users can use the monitor account as long as it is enabled (has a password). |
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Password Change Rights |
Only admin users can change the passwords of other users. |
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Password on Default admin Use |
Starting in software version 4.7, the password on the default admin account must be changed during initial configuration using configuration jump-start. If the following message is displayed, the system administrator must change the default password on the admin account:
If the system administrator tries to change the password to the default, it will not be allowed and the following message will be displayed: Default password is not allowed. If the node was upgraded through GigaVUE‑FM and the default password for the admin account has not been changed, the following message is displayed: Admin account password must be changed via the CLI to a non-default value for security purposes. |