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Configuring password change frequency using the CLI

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You can specify how often users must change their passwords using the aaa authentication password local require-change max-password-age all command.

For a managed appliance, you can perform this procedure on the Central Management System appliance as well as the local appliance. Use cmc execute appliance <applianceName> command "aaa authentication password local require-change max-password-age all <days>" and specify the managed appliance’s hostname in the Central Management System appliance. See the Trellix Central Management System Administration Guide for details.

Prerequisites
  • Admin access

To configure the password change frequency:
  1. Go to CLI configuration mode:

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Specify the number of days before a password must be changed. Use the following command:

    aaa authentication password local require-change max-password-age all <days>

    where <days> is a values from 1 through 999.

  3. Verify your change:

    hostname (config) # show aaa authentication password
  4. Save your changes:

    hostname (config) # write memory