/mcpCommand Modes Administrator (admin:) Usage Guidelines By default, this command is enabled for new users, so users have to change their password the first time they sign in to the system. Requirements Command privilege level: 4 Allowed during upgrade: No Applies to: IM and Presence Service on Unified Communications Manager only. set password complexity character Use this command to enable or disable password complexity rules for the type of characters in a password. After you enable password complexity, this command also enables password history if it has not already been enabled (for more information, see the set password history command). If you had not previously enabled password history, the password history number parameter value gets set to 10. If you previously enabled password history with a value of less than 10, the value gets reset to 10 after you execute this command. If you previously enabled password history with a value of 10 or greater, the value remains unchanged after you execute this command. Note set password complexity character {disable | enable} num-char Syntax Description Description Parameters This turns off password complexity for character types. disable This turns on password complexity for character types. Note When you disable password complexity, you also turn off password character difference, password character max-repeat, and password history. enable This specifies the number of characters required from each of the four character sets: lowercase, uppercase, numbers, and special characters. • Value range: 0-8 • Default value: 1 num-char Command Modes Administrator (admin:) Usage Guidelines When you enable password complexity, you must follow these guidelines when you assign a password: • It must have at least the current setting, num-chars, of lower-case character. • It must have at least the current setting, num-chars, of uppercase characters. Command Line Interface Reference Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Solutions, Release 15 and SUs 112 Set Commands set password complexity character