Long password policy

By default, the password policy for all local logging-in users defined on the SSMC appliance require a minimum password length of eight characters. Whereas the standards security requires the password to be at least 15 characters in length.

Execute the following command to enable long password policy (minimum length of 15 characters):

sudo /ssmc/bin/config_security.sh -o long_password_policy –a enable -f

Execute the following command to disable long password policy and reset it to the default (minimum length of eight characters):

sudo /ssmc/bin/config_security.sh -o long_password_policy –a disable -f

NOTE:

When long password policy is enabled, the command forces ssmcadmin to change the password. It is also a prerequisite that the ssmcaudit user remains disabled before you execute this command.