Specifying Plain-Text Passwords

The JUNOS software has special requirements when you create plain-text passwords on a routing platform. The default requirements for plain-text passwords are as follows:

• The password must be between 6 and 128 characters long.
• You can include uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and any of the following special characters:
  
  ! @ # $ % ^ & * , + = < > : ;
  
  Control characters are not recommended.
• The password must contain at least one change of case or character class.

You can change the requirements for plain-text passwords.

You can include the plain-text-password statement at the following hierarchy levels:

• [edit system diag-port-authentication]
• [edit system pic-console-authentication]
• [edit system root-authentication]
• [edit system login user username authentication]

For more information about how to create plain-text passwords, see Configuring Special Requirements for Plain-Text Passwords.