Administrator Guide

Security Commands 1078
passwords strength minimum numeric-
characters
Use this command to enforce a minimum number of numeric numbers that a
password should contain. The valid range is 0–16. The default is 1. A
minimum of 0 means no restriction on that set of characters. Use the no form
of this command to reset the minimum numeric characters to the default
value.
Syntax
passwords strength minimum numeric–characters 0–16
no passwords strength minimum numeric–characters
Default Configuration
The default value is 1.
Command Mode
Global Configuration
User Guidelines
This limit is not enforced unless the passwords strength minimum numeric-
characters command is configured with a value greater than 0. In other words,
a configuration of 0 allows a password consisting entirely of numeric
characters to pass strength check validation.
Example
console(config)#passwords strength minimum numeric–characters 6
passwords strength minimum special-characters
Use this command to enforce a minimum number of special characters that a
password may contain. The valid range is 0–16. The default is 1. A setting of 0
means no restriction. Special characters are one of the following characters (`!
$ % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = { [ } ] : ; @ ' ~ # | \ < , > . / ) Use the no form of this
command to reset the minimum special characters to the default value.