Security Commands 1057Exampleconsole(config)# passwords strength max-limit repeated-characters 3passwords strength minimum character-classesUse this command to enforce a minimum number of character classes that apassword must contain. Character classes are uppercase letters, lowercaseletters, numeric characters and special characters. The valid range is 0-4. Thedefault is 0. If a value of 0 is configured then no character class checking isperformed, i.e. the password need not contain characters from more than onecharacter class. Configured minimum strength and maximum strengthchecking is still performed for each individual character class, if configured.Use the no form of this command to reset the minimum character-classes tothe default value.Syntaxpasswords strength minimum character-classes 0-4no passwords strength minimum character–classesDefault ConfigurationThe default value is 0. This character class limit is not enforced unless thepasswords strength minimum character-classes command is configured with avalue greater than 0.Command ModeGlobal ConfigurationUser GuidelinesThis command is used to enable password character class checking using theparameters set by the following commands:• passwords strength minimum uppercase-letters• passwords strength minimum lowercase-letters• passwords strength minimum special-characters• passwords strength minimum numeric-characters
