NetWorker: How To Change the Password History Count for NetWorker Accounts

NetWorker 9.0 이상 버전부터 보안 강화로 인하여, 기존에 사용했던 패스워드를 사용하지 못함

Default로 8개 까지 기억하고 있는데, 이걸 0으로 바꾸면, 제약사항이 사라짐 방법은 아래와 같음

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Summary: This article provides an overview of the NetWorker authentication PasswordHistoryCount and how to reset it.

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When attempting to reuse a password for a NetWorker account, you may receive the following error:

The password that you specified for user user_name was recently used, provide a different password

The default Password History Count is 8; however you can change this to a lesser value, including 0. The PasswordHistoryCount is stored in the NetWorker server's authentication (authc) service. Usually the NetWorker authentication server is the same host as the NetWorker server.

If there is more than one NetWorker Server managed by a single NetWorker Management Console (NMC) server, identify the NetWorker authc server that is used by the management console. On the NMC server, check the gstd.conf file for the authsvc_hostname.

• Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\Management\GST\etc\gstd.conf
• Linux: /opt/lgtonmc/etc/gstd.conf

[root@nmcserver ~]# cat /opt/lgtonmc/etc/gstd.conf | grep hostname
    string authsvc_hostname = "nwserver-a1.emclab.local";

To disable the history count, run the following commands on your NetWorker authc server:

authc_config -u Administrator -e add-option -D option-name=PasswordHistoryCount -D option-value=0

The "Administrator" account being specified is the default NetWorker Administrator account. You are prompted for the password for this account after entering the command.

Example:

[root@nwserver-a1 ~]# authc_config -u Administrator -e add-option -D option-name=PasswordHistoryCount -D option-value=0
Enter password:
Option PasswordHistoryCount is created successfully.

[root@nwserver-a1 ~]# authc_config -u Administrator -e find-all-options
Enter password:
The query returns 1 records.
Option Id Name
1         PasswordHistoryCount

[root@nwserver-a1 ~]# authc_config -u Administrator -e find-option -D option-id=1
Enter password:
Option Id: 1
Name     : PasswordHistoryCount
Value    : 0

Once the password history is disabled, you can update the password for that user from the NMC using the previously used password.

Additional Information

• Dell KB article 14714: NetWorker: How to reset Administrator password 
• Dell KB article 14028: NetWorker: How to disable password expiration for NetWorker accounts 

For more information, see the NetWorker Security Configuration Guide available on Dell Support at https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/docs

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NetWorker, NetWorker Management Console

Last Published Date

02 Apr 2022

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