HP StorageWorks 2.128 SAN Director Switch - Manual (Page 234)

234 Understanding legacy password behavior
Password prompting behaviors
Table 49 describes the expected password prompting behaviors of various Fabric OS versions.
Can
passwd
change
higher-level
passwords? For
example, can admin
change root
password?
Yes, but you must
supply the old
password of the
higher-level account
(example
root
).
Yes; if users connect as
admin, they can change
the root, factory, and
admin passwords.
However, if one connects
as user, one can change
only the user password.
Yes, if users connect as
admin, they can change the
root, factory and admin
passwords after first entering
the old password for the
respective account.
Can API change
passwords?
Yes, only for admin. Yes, only for admin. Yes, only for admin.
Can Advanced Web
Tools change
passwords?
No No No
Can SNMP change
passwords?
No No No
Table 48 Account and password characteristics matrix (continued)
Characteristic Version 4.0.0 Versions 4.1.0 to 4.2.0 Versions 4.4.0 to 5.0.1
Table 49 Password prompting matrix
Issue Version 4.0.0 Version 4.1.0 and later
Must all password prompts be
completed for any change to
take effect?
No. Partial changes of all
four passwords are allowed.
No. Partial changes of all four
passwords are allowed.
When does the password
prompt appear?
When users connect as root,
factory, or admin, the
accounts with default
password are prompted for
change. The accounts with
non-default password are
not prompted.
When users connect as root,
factory, or admin, the accounts
with default password are
prompted for change. The
accounts with non-default
password are not prompted.
Is a user forced to answer
password prompts before
getting access to the firmware?
No, users can press Ctrl-c to
get out of password
prompting.
No, users can press Ctrl-c to
get out of password prompting.
Do users need to know the old
root password when answering
prompting?
Yes in 4.0.0
*No in 4.0.2 only [*Users
do not need to know the old
root password if they are
running Fabric OS 4.0.2
only.].
No
Are new passwords forced to be
set to something different than
the old passwords?
Yes Yes
Is password prompting disabled
when security mode is enabled?
Yes Yes
Is the
passwd
command
disabled until the user has
answered password prompting?
No Yes