IPS Error: setEnableAuthenticationTokenStatus

[san.atnur]

Hi folks, I am facing an error when i try to create a account in IPS,, i.e

Error: setEnableAuthenticationTokenStatus : Failure setting the account's password: it is based upon your password entry

Error: setEnableAuthenticationTokenStatus : Failure setting the account's password: is too simple

So please i need your help in changing the password policy to set my password. Is there any policy so that we can alter other then service authentication, since i have already altered it and tried, But i still got this errors, is there any way to change the password policy in IPS ??

Regards,

Santosh Atnur

[gaurash2]

Login to CLI , then :

conf t > service authentication > password-strength

You can set your password policy.

From GUI:

Configuration> Sensor Management > Password.

Hope this helps.

[san.atnur]

Thanks for reply Gaurav Sharma, as i mentioned i tried that but i couldnt resolve it, is there any other method to change the password policy in IPS, i wan to set one account with password that is slightly similar to login password and one account with simple password, then i get this error .  I altered everything by the method u said but didnt work for me.

Regards,

Santosh Atnur

[gaurash2]

Hi Santosh,

You see the errors even though both the passwords are as per the policy you applied ?

  Is it possible for you to share the configuration ? steps ? tec.

Thanks and Regards,

Gaurav.

[san.atnur]

Hi Gaurav, M just trying to create a user account with name John with password as John123 & a user account with name Larry with password Cisco123. Can u please let me know the setting i need to alter in service authentication to achieve the above ?? Whenever i try to create these usernames i get the above errors..

Regards,

Santosh Atnur

[gaurash2 · Accepted solution]

Hi Santosh,

The Error messages you see are expected due to the password choice and the  behavior cannot be altered.

1.  John123

     Did you try this by changing the size range value ( minimum default is 8 ) ? If you change it to 6/7, then you would see the following error "Error: setEnableAuthenticationTokenStatus : Failure setting the account's password: it is based on a dictionary word".

2. While setting Cisco123 - I beleive you see the following message because of another account with same password.

Error: setEnableAuthenticationTokenStatus : Failure setting the account's password: it is based upon your password entry

Thanks and Regards,

Gaurav.