Security Commands 1055Syntaxpasswords strength minimum special–characters 0–16no passwords strength minimum special–charactersDefault ConfigurationThe default value is 1.Command ModeGlobal ConfigurationUser GuidelinesThis limit is not enforced unless the passwords strength minimum special-characters command is configured with a value greater than 0. In other words,a configuration of 0 allows a password consisting entirely of special charactersto pass strength check validation.Exampleconsole(config)#passwords strength minimum special–characters 6passwords strength max-limit consecutive-charactersUse this command to enforce a maximum number of consecutive charactersthat a password can contain. If a user enters a password that has moreconsecutive characters than the configured limit, the system rejects thepassword. The valid range of consecutive characters is 0–15. The default is 0.A maximum of 0 means there is no restriction on consecutive characters.Examples of consecutive characters are ABCDEF or 123456 or !”#$%&’().Use the no form of this command to reset the maximum consecutivecharacters accepted to the default value.Syntaxpasswords strength max-limit consecutive–characters 0–15no passwords strength max-limit consecutive-characters
