Hi Bruce,
Did you try to change the root password, once you disabled the strong password & acceptable pw length checking disabled. I have done that first & then change the root password to Cisco123 as shown below.
Try it & see.
[root@msedev ~]# /opt/mse/setup/setup.sh
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Welcome to the Cisco Mobility Services Engine appliance setup.
You may exit the setup at any time by typing .
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Would you like to configure MSE using menu options (yes/no): yes
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Configure MSE:
1) Display current configuration 13) Audit rules
2) Hostname * 14) Login banner
3) Domain 15) System control restrictions
4) High availability role 16) SSH root access
5) Network interface eth0 settings * 17) Single user password check
6) Network interface eth1 settings 18) Root password *
7) DNS settings 19) Login and password settings
8) Timezone settings * 20) GRUB password
9) Future restart time 21) NCS communication username *
10) Remote syslog settings 22) NCS communication password *
11) Firewall settings 23) ## Verify and apply changes ##
12) NTP settings
Please enter your choice [1 - 23]: 19
Login and password strength related parameter setup
Maximum number of days a password may be used : 99999
Minimum number of days allowed between password changes : 0
Minimum acceptable password length : disabled
Login delay after failed login : 5
Checking for strong passwords is currently disabled.
These settings will not take effect until after setup completes.
Configure MSE:
1) Display current configuration 13) Audit rules
2) Hostname * 14) Login banner
3) Domain 15) System control restrictions
4) High availability role 16) SSH root access
5) Network interface eth0 settings * 17) Single user password check
6) Network interface eth1 settings 18) Root password *
7) DNS settings 19) Login and password settings
8) Timezone settings * 20) GRUB password
9) Future restart time 21) NCS communication username *
10) Remote syslog settings 22) NCS communication password *
11) Firewall settings 23) ## Verify and apply changes ##
12) NTP settings
Please enter your choice [1 - 23]:23
Please verify the following setup information.
-----------------------------BEGIN----------------------------
Password/Login parameters :
Password min length = 14
Password min days = 0
Password max days = 99999
Failed login delay = 5
Strong password checking = no
------------------------------END-----------------------------
You may enter "yes" to proceed with configuration, "no" to make
more changes.
Configuration Changed
Is the above information correct (yes or no): yes
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Checking mandatory configuration information...
Mandatory parameters (Hostname, Network interface eth0,
Timezone, Root password, NCS username and NCS password)
have all been configured
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Setup will now attempt to apply the configuration.
Setting password/login parameters....
Restarting network services with new settings.
Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ]
Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up interface eth0: [ OK ]
***Configuration successful***
Restarting MSE framework service.
Stopping MSE Platform
.
MSE platform shutdown complete
Starting MSE Platform
.
.
[root@msedev ~]# /opt/mse/setup/setup.sh
Please enter your choice [1 - 23]: 18
Root password is currently configured
Configure root password? (Y)es/(S)kip/(U)se default [Skip]: yes
Changing password for user root.
You can now choose the new password.
A valid password should be a mix of upper and lower case letters,
digits, and other characters. You can use a 14 character long
password with characters from all of these classes. An upper
case letter that begins the password and a digit that ends it do
not count towards the number of character classes used.
Enter new password: Cisco123
Weak password: too short.
Re-type new password:Cisco123
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
Please enter your choice [1 - 23]: 23
Please verify the following setup information.
-----------------------------BEGIN----------------------------
Password/Login parameters :
Password min length = 14
Password min days = 0
Password max days = 99999
Failed login delay = 5
Strong password checking = no
Root password is changed.
------------------------------END-----------------------------
You may enter "yes" to proceed with configuration, "no" to make
more changes.
Configuration Changed
Is the above information correct (yes or no): yes
HTH
Rasika
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