Use the login authentication min-password-length command to set the minimum password length during configuration of local users accounts. Use the no form of the command to return the minimum password length to the default value of 14.
Note:
The minimum password length must be at least as great as the sum of the min-password-upper-chars, min-password-lower-chars, min-password-digit-chars, and min-password-special-chars.
Syntax
login authentication min-password-lengthlength
no login authentication min-password-length
Parameters
Parameter
Description
Possible Values
Default Value
length
The minimum length of a user password
8-31
14
User Level
admin
Context
general
Example
To set the minimum password length to 10 characters: