When creating an S Series Node user account, the security administrator specifies a password for the account. You can change your account password at any time. You must change your password if the account password expires.
To use the HCP S Series Management Console to change your password, click the person icon (
) in the upper right corner of the Management Console window. Then select Change Password.
Passwords must follow certain rules, some of which are configurable by users with the security role. When a password is changed, it must conform to the password rules that are currently in effect.
Passwords:
- Can be at most 64 characters long.
- Cannot be shorter than the configured minimum password length, which cannot be less than 6.
- Can contain any valid UTF-8 characters.
- Can include white space.
- Are case sensitive.
- Must include at least the configured minimum number of characters from each of these character sets:
- Uppercase letters: A through Z
- Lowercase letters: a through z
- Numbers: 0 through 9
- Special characters: `~!@#$%^&*( )-_+={}[ ]|\:;"'< >,.?/
If the configured minimum number of characters for a character set is zero, passwords can, but do not have to, include characters from that set.
Tip: The longer the password, the stronger it is likely to be. Using a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters creates an even stronger password. - May be blocked from including the username for the user account. This restriction is configurable.
The username check is case insensitive.
- May be blocked from being any string defined as a common password on the S Series Node. This restriction is configurable.
The common-password check is case insensitive.
When changing the password for a user account, you cannot re-use the current password or the configured number of most recent passwords.
When password rules change, passwords for existing user accounts remain valid until those passwords expire or are changed, even if the passwords don't conform to the new rules. When a nonconforming password is changed, however, the new password must conform to the new rules.
After an S Series Node is upgraded, passwords for pre-existing user accounts remain valid until they expire or are changed. When the password for a pre-existing account is changed, the new password must conform to the password rules currently in effect.